AUTHOR: Huong Vu

DATE PERFORMED: Monday

CLASS: Physics 227
SECTION: 11 am Monday

LAB TITLE: FARADAY’S LAW

GROUP MEMBERS:
Tinh Nguyen
Tung Phan
Khoa Le

ABSTRACT:
In this experiment, the validity of Faraday’s Law was examined and the acceleration of a
magnet falling in a copper tube was measured. In the first part, two cylinders were used, one
cylinder was metallic and the other was plastic and contained small amount of powerful magnet.
Dropping two cylinders through a copper tube, experimenters collected the velocities of each
cylinder. Then, from the velocity and the length of copper tube, the acceleration of the metal
cylinder and the plastic cylinder (with magnet) were calculated. In the second experiment, the
data studio program was used to draw the graph of V vs t when a magnet cylinder was passed
through the coil on the RLC board. Moreover, the area of the graph was found by using the same
program. In the last experiment, instead of RLC circuit board a solenoid was utilized. After that,
the sign of induced emf was noted after the magnet pushed in and pulled out. Finally, a
comparison of the acceleration of the normal cylinder and a magnet cylinder was viewed. The
lab was successful with small errors.

INTRODUCTION:
Faraday's law of induction (or the law of electromagnetic induction) states that the induced
electromotive force in a closed loop is directly proportional to the time rate of change of
magnetic flux through the loop. Moving a conductor (such as a metal wire) through a magnetic
field produces a voltage in that conductor. The resulting voltage is proportional to the speed of
movement: moving the conductor twice as fast produces twice the voltage. The magnetic field,
the direction of movement, and the voltage are all at right angles to each other. Whenever
movement creates voltage, Fleming's right hand rule describes the direction of the voltage. A
fixed conductor will also have an induced voltage if the magnetic flux in the area enclosed by the
conductor is changing.
An eddy current (also known as Foucault current) is an electrical phenomenon discovered
by French physicist Léon Foucault in 1851. It is caused when a moving (or changing) magnetic
field intersects a conductor, or vice-versa. The relative motion causes a circulating flow of
electrons, or current, within the conductor. These circulating eddies of current create
electromagnets with magnetic fields that oppose the effect of the applied magnetic field (see
Lenz's law). The stronger the applied magnetic field, or greater the electrical conductivity of the
conductor, or greater the relative velocity of motion, the greater the currents developed and the
greater the opposing field.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_current)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction)
THEORY:
dΦ
• ε = −N
dt

APPARATUS LIST:

• Data Studio Program, Metal Cylinder, Plastic Cylinder (containing magnet), Copper
Tube, Two Photogates, Voltage sensor, The RLC board, The Solenoid, A Bar Magnet.

DATA:

DATA TABLE A

Lcylinder _______55.5cm________ Lmagnet __6.3cm________________

Distance between holes _______36.7cm___________

METAL CYLINDER MAGNET IN PLASTIC

v in gate 1 v in gate 2 v in gate 1 v in gate 2

15.21 32.55 0.39 0.38

15.55 32.27 0.39 0.36
15.25 32.65 0.39 0.36
15.55 32.65 0.38 0.38

Calculated a _________________ Calculated a _______________

 DATA TABLE B

Area above axis, just before or 0.028 Vs

after magnet goes through coil

Area below axis, just before or - 0.023 Vs

after magnet goes through coil

DATA TABLE C

Sign of V

N in +
N out -
S in -
S out +
CONCLUSION:

QUESTION:

1.

2.