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Topic:: The Magnetic Field Lines Around Current Carrying Solenoid

A solenoid is a coil of wire that creates a magnetic field when electric current passes through it. This magnetic field causes the solenoid's piston to move linearly, converting electrical energy to mechanical motion. The magnetic field lines of an activated solenoid form a similar pattern to that of a bar magnet, with parallel lines inside the solenoid indicating a uniform magnetic field. An experiment was proposed to observe the magnetic field lines around a current-carrying solenoid using a coil, battery, iron filings and other materials.

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Topic:: The Magnetic Field Lines Around Current Carrying Solenoid

A solenoid is a coil of wire that creates a magnetic field when electric current passes through it. This magnetic field causes the solenoid's piston to move linearly, converting electrical energy to mechanical motion. The magnetic field lines of an activated solenoid form a similar pattern to that of a bar magnet, with parallel lines inside the solenoid indicating a uniform magnetic field. An experiment was proposed to observe the magnetic field lines around a current-carrying solenoid using a coil, battery, iron filings and other materials.

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TOPIC: The Magnetic Field Lines around

Current Carrying Solenoid

ABSTRACT:
Solenoid is the generic term for a coil of wire used as an
electromagnet. It also refers to any device that converts electrical
energy to mechanical energy using a solenoid. The device creates a
magnetic field from electric current and uses the magnetic field to
create linear motion. Common applications of solenoids are to power a
switch, like the starter in an automobile, or a valve, such as in a
sprinkler system.

A solenoid is a coil of wire in a corkscrew shape wrapped around a


piston, often made of iron. As in all electromagnets, a magnetic field is
created when an electric current passes through the wire.
Electromagnets have an advantage over permanent magnets in that
they can be switched on and off by the application or removal of the
electric current, which is what makes them useful as switches and
valves and allows them to be entirely automated.

Like all magnets, the magnetic field of an activated solenoid has


positive and negative poles that will attract or repel material sensitive
to magnets. In a solenoid, the electromagnetic field causes the piston
to either move backward or forward, which is how motion is created
by a solenoid coil.

OBJECTIVE:
To observe the magnetic field lines around current carrying solenoid.

THEORY:
1. A coil of many circular turns of insulated copper wire wrapped
closely in the shape of a cylinder is called a solenoid.

2. The pattern of the magnetic field lines around a current-carrying


solenoid is illustrated in Fig.1.
3. The pattern of the field is similar to magnetic field around a bar
magnet. One end of the solenoid behaves as a magnetic north pole,
while the other behaves as the south pole.

4. The field lines inside the solenoid are in the form of parallel straight
lines. This indicates that the magnetic field is the same at all points
inside the solenoid. That is, the field is uniform inside the solenoid.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
A cardboard, a circular coil, a battery, a key and iron filings.

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