Activity 2 Let's Simulate
Activity 2 Let's Simulate
Activity 2 Let's Simulate
Procedures: Using your laptop with internet connection, type the link
directing to the simulation for the activity.
https://iwant2study.org/lookangejss/05electricitynmagnetism_21electromagnetism/ejss_model_EM
Strengthpaperclips/EMStrengthpaperclips_Simulation.xhtml
1. The link will bring you this simulation. Make sure to press reset setup
and check the box of Enable Data Logger.
2. Set the material of rod to iron and the size of rod to large. Make sure to
click play before dragging the rod towards the paper clips. Then to start
again, just click reset setup to change your inputed data.
Data Collection
Test 1: Number of paper clips picked up using iron rod with varying
number of coils and different number of batteries used.
Test 2: Number of paper clips picked up using plastic rod with varying
number of coils and different number of batteries used.
Analyze Data
-The number of coils is likely to affect the results more than the number of
batteries. When more coils are added around the core of the electromagnet, more
atoms in the nail become polarized, resulting in a stronger magnet.
Draw Conclusions
1.Did the electromagnet work when you use plastic rod as the core material? Why?
-Iron being ferromagnetic, it increases the net magnetic induction several hundred
times as compared to plastics which are almost nonmagnetic and have induction
value close to vacuum. The word electromagnet in principle can be used for
solenoid, but it will be weaker than ferromagnetic core. So, yes.
2.How did the electric current from the battery cause the nail to act as a magnet?
-The electric current from the battery caused the nail to have a magnetic field
around it. This magnetic field made the nail act as a magnet (an effect).
3. How would you make an electromagnet that is stronger than any of the ones
used in this activity?
-Electromagnets are made of coils of wire with electricity passing through them.
Moving charges create magnetic fields, so when the coils of wire in an
electromagnet have an electric current passing through them, the coils behave like
a magnet.