Magnetism
Magnetism
Magnetism
Ferromagnetic Materials
- Strongly attracted by magnets.
- Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, and Steel
Paramagnetic Materials
- Weakly attracted by magnets.
- Transition metals and the actinide elements.
Diamagnetic Materials
- Repelled by magnets.
- Nonmetals, water, organic compounds, and the metals bismuth, copper, gold,
silver and lead.
Compass
- The first magnetic instrument that sailors used to guide them in their journey.
Magnetic Field
Magnetic Flux
- The flux per unit area of a loop of wire perpendicular to the magnetic field.
- The SI unit is the tesla (T).
ELECTROMAGNETISM
- Is the branch of physics that deals with the interaction of electricity and
magnetism.
- The relation between these two were accidentally discovered by Hans Christian
Oersted in 1820.
Electromagnetic Induction
- A process wherein an electric current can produce a magnetic field, then the
reverse is also true, changing magnetic field produced by the motion of a
conductor through a magnetic field or the motion of a magnet through a
conducting coil can produce an electric current.
GENERATORS
Armature
Consists of coils of insulated wire and is attached to a shaft so that is can rotate
between the poles of the magnet.
Slip Rings
Rotate with the armature and are made of either brass or copper. These are
insulated from one another and from the shaft.
Brushes
Collect the current and transmit it to the external circuit.
Commutator
Rotor
Stator
Review Quiz
3. It’s the part of the generator that consists of coils of insulated wire and is
attached to the shaft.
Armature
6. It’s the stationary component of an electric motor that produces magnetic field.
Stator
7. What would happen if the brushes will switch contact to the other side of the
commutator ring?
The polarity of the electromagnet in the armature will be reversed.
8. As the current flows in the armature, the armature will become a temporary
magnet with two poles.