An Experimental Observation of Faraday's Law of Induction

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2002

Abstract

A small neodymium magnet moves with constant velocity through a coil, and the voltage induced is recorded with a computer interface. The observed voltage is compared to that predicted by simple calculations of magnetic flux using spherical polar coordinates. The close agreement between predicted and observed values combined with the experience gained in modeling the magnetic dipole field make this a very good experiment for the undergraduate student. © 2002 American Association of Physics Teachers.

Journal Title

American Journal of Physics

Volume

70

Issue

6

First Page

595

Last Page

598

DOI

10.1119/1.1405504

First Department

Physics

Link to Full Text

@ the James White Library

Share

COinS