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Coi l A is connected to a gal vano meter and coi l B is conn ected to a b attery and has
direct current f l owi ng t!-v- ough i t. Coi l A is w i t hi n the magn etic f i el d prod uc ed by B
and an e.m.f . can be produced in A by movi ng the coi ls rel ative to each oth er or by
chan ging th e size of the cur r en t i n B. This can be don e by usi ng the r heosta t R
swi tchi ng the current on or of f , or (c) u sing an a.c. supp ly f or B

(An e.mf . coul d also be p roduc ed in coi l A by replacing coi l B with a p erroo ne n t
mag net and mov i ng this relative to c oi l A .)

Re presentation :
El ectromag neti c i nduc tion i s the produ ction of a p otential di f f er enc e (vol ta ge)
across a cond uct or when i t is exposed to a vary i ng mag neti c f i el d.

Work ing and Construction :

Cur r ent is produc ed in a con duc tor w hen i t is mov ed thr oug h a magn eti c f i el d
b ecause the trogn eti c l i nes of f orce are ap p ly i ng a f orce on t he f r ee el ectrons i n
the con duc tor and causi n g them tu mov e. Thi s p rocess of gen eratin g cu rr ent i n a
cond uc tor by p l acing the con duc tor in a changing ma gn etic f ield i s cal l ed i ndu cti on.
Thi s i s called i n duc ti on b ecause t her e is no p hysi cal co nn ecti on betwee n the
cond uc tor and the tro gn et. The cu rren t i s sai d to b e i nduc ed i n the con duc tor by
the mag n etic f ield.
One r eq ui rement f or t hi s el ectromag neti c i nd uc tion to tak e p l ace i s that t he
cond uctor, w hich is of ten a p i ece of wi re, ITVJ St be p erp endi cu l ar to the ma gn eti c
l i nes of f orce in or der to produc e th e ma xi mu m f orce on the f r ee el ectrons. The
di rection . tha t the i nd uced current f l ows is deter mi n ed by the direction of the
l i nes of f orce and by the direction the wire is mov i ng in th e f i el d. In the ani tra tion
above the ammet er (the i nstr u ment used to mea sur e curr ent) i n dicates w hen t h ere
is current i n the con ductor. /