Forces Between Electricity & Magnets
Physics: AQA GCSE Higher, topic 7.2.15
Forces Between Electricity and Magnets
When a potential difference (p.d) is induced in a wire, it creates a force acting in the opposite direction to the action that induced the p.d. This is due to the motor effect.
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Moving downwards
- If a wire moves downwards into a horseshoe magnet:
- A p.d is induced in the wire and an electric current flows through the wire.
- A force will push the wire upwards, opposing the downwards movement of the wire that induced the p.d.
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Moving upwards
- If the wire was moving upwards to create the p.d, then the force on the wire due to the induced p.d would push it downwards.
Test yourself on Forces Between Electricity & Magnets
Which of these statements are features of the motor effect?
In which direction does a force induced by the motor effect run?
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