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The document provides instructions for simulations on electromagnetic induction. It includes directions for three simulations - Magnets and Electromagnets, Faraday's Law, and Generator. The simulations allow users to observe how changing various parameters like magnet position, coil orientation, number of loops, and voltage/current direction affect magnetic fields and induced voltage/current. Users are asked to move objects like compasses and magnets, note changes in magnetic field strength, and adjust simulation settings to understand relationships between electromagnetic properties.

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CompLab6 Magnetic Effects

The document provides instructions for simulations on electromagnetic induction. It includes directions for three simulations - Magnets and Electromagnets, Faraday's Law, and Generator. The simulations allow users to observe how changing various parameters like magnet position, coil orientation, number of loops, and voltage/current direction affect magnetic fields and induced voltage/current. Users are asked to move objects like compasses and magnets, note changes in magnetic field strength, and adjust simulation settings to understand relationships between electromagnetic properties.

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General Physics 2 Lab - PHY 2049L Name __________________________

Lab 6: Electromagnetic Induction Date ________________

Simulation:
Play with Simulations:

Simulation A:
Magnets and Electromagnets
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/magnets-and-electromagnets

Part I – Virtual Lab Experiment:

1. Move the compass slowly along a semicircular path above the bar magnet until you’ve put it on the
opposite side of the bar magnet. Describe what happens to the compass needle.

2. What do you suppose the compass needles drawn all over the screen tell you?

3. Click on the electromagnet tab. Place the compass on the left side of the coil so that the compass
center lies along the axis of the coil. (The y-component of the magnetic field is zero along the axis of
the coil.)

4. Move the compass along a semicircular path above the coil until you’ve put it on the opposite side of
the coil. Describe what happens to the compass needle.

5. Move the compass along a semicircular path below the coil until you’ve put it on the opposite side of
the coil. Describe what happens to the compass needle.

6. Use the voltage slider to change the direction of the current and repeat the steps above for the coil
after you’ve let the compass stabilize.

7. Based on your observations, summarize the similarities between the bar magnet and the coil.

8. What happens to the current in the coil when you set the voltage of the battery to zero?

9. What happens to the magnetic field around the coil when you set the voltage of the battery to zero?

10. Play with the voltage slider and describe what happens to the current in the coil and the magnetic field
around the coil.

Part II – Graphing relationships:

Field Strength vs. Position

1. Using the Electromagnet simulation, click on “Show Field Meter.”

2. Set the battery voltage to 10V where the positive is on the right of the battery.

3. Along the axis of the coil and at the center of each compass needle starting 5 to the left of the coil,
record the value of B. Move one compass needle to the right and record the value of B. Repeat
until you’ve completed the table below. NOTE: Be sure to take all of your values along the axis of
the coil. You’ll know you’re on the axis because the y component of the magnetic field is zero
along the axis.

Compass position (arbitrary units) Magnetic Field Strength (fill in units)


-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5

Simulation B:

Faraday’s Law
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faradays-law

Faraday’s Electromagnetic Lab


http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday

Pickup Coil Tab – General Electromagnetic Induction

1. Set the number of loops to “1” and note what happens to the light bulb when

The magnet is not moving and is not in the loop –

The magnet is moving and is not in the loop –

The magnet is not moving and is in the loop –

The magnet is moving and is in the loop -

2. Does the speed of the magnet affect your results to #3? If so, describe how.

3. Increase the number of loops to “3” and see if it affects your results from #3. If so, describe how.

4. Increase the loop area to “100” and see if it affects your results from #3. If so, describe how.
Pre-Lab
Use the computer simulation ‘Generator’ here to answer these questions and submit your answers
online.

Simulation C:
Generator
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/generator

Bar Magnet

1. How does the simulation indicate which direction the magnetic field points?

2. Click “Show Field Meter.” Using the magnetic field strength “B,” compare the strength of the
field at the poles and at the side of the magnet. Which is larger?

Pickup Coil

1. How can you make the lightbulb light up?

2. What happens to the direction of the current when you move the magnet back and forth?

3. Click on the voltage indicator. What happens as you move the magnet from the left of the coil to
the right?

4. How does changing the number of loops affect the voltage when you move the magnet?

Electromagnet

1. What happens to the magnetic field as you adjust the number of loops?

2. What happens to the magnetic field when you switch to AC voltage?

Transformer

What five things can you adjust to get the highest maximum voltage?

Generator

What four things can you adjust to get the highest maximum voltage?

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