VIDYANIKETAN PUBLIC SCHOOL

Ullal Road, Ullal Upanagar, Bangalore-560056

PHYSICS INVESTIGATORY
PROJECT 2020-21

SELF
INDUCTANCE
OF A COIL

DONE BY:
Arpan M
XII SCIENCE
 VIDYANIKETAN PUBLIC SCHOOL
Ullal Road, Ullal Upanagar, Bangalore-560056 Phone: 080-23240364

CERITIFICATE
This is to certify that Arpan M of Class XII has successfully completed
his project on ‘SELF INDUCTANCE OF A COIL’ prescribed by the
CENTRAL BOARD OF SCONDARY EDUCATION towards the partial
fulfillment of AISSCE course during the academic year 2020-21 in the
subject of PHYSICS. This project certified to be the bonafide work of the
student.

Date: …………………………………

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Teacher In charge Internal Examiner

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External Examiner Principal
 ACKNOLEWDGEMENT
I ARPAN M consider it a privilege to express my sincere
gratitude to all those who guided me throughout this project.
I express my sincere gratitude to VIJAI KRISHNA RAJGOPAL Sir,
Principal and VIDYANIKETAN PUBLIC SCHOOL for providing an
excellent environment for my education.
I would like to thank DINESH Sir and ANNAPURNA Ma’am for
their guidance and constant assistance for betterment of this
project.
I also thank SASHIKUMAR and RANJITH, lab assistants who
helped me get along the project and provide necessary
apparatus to perform the experiment.
I would also like to thank my PARENTS for the valuable
guidance and suggestions and effort in making this project a
success.
INDEX

CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER

INTRODUCTION 1

AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT 2

MATERIALS REQUIRED 3

THEORY 4

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM 5

PROCEDURE 6

OBSERVATION 7,8,9

RESULT 10

CALCULATIONS 11

APPLICATIONS 12

PICTURE GALLERY 13

BIBLIOGRAPHY 14
INTRODUCTION
SELF INDUCTANCE: It is a phenomenon where growth and
decay of current is opposed due to change in magnetic flux
between different layers of a coil, there is a self-induced emf
developed which opposes the source emf.
The coefficient of self-inductance of a coil is independent of
current, but depends on the number of turns as well as the
length of the solenoid.
The self-induction is self-induced emf developed due to rate of
change of current.
Self-inductance is used in minimizing the power loss over long
distances in AC current and it is also used in choke coil.

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AIM
To determine the value of coefficient of self-inductance of a
coil.

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MATERIALS REQUIRED
• A coil with a large number of turns
• AC source
• DC source
• Ammeter of suitable range
• Rheostat
• One-way key
• Connecting wires
• Electrical Bulb
• Voltmeter, etc.

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THEORY
The coefficient of self-inductance of a coil depends on the
impendence, resistance, frequency of electric current.

Self-inductance ∝ √𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
Self-inductance ∝ √𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
1
Self-inductance ∝
𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦

√𝑍 2 − 𝑅2
𝐿=
2𝜋𝑓

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CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
• AC CIRCUIT

• DC CIRCUIT

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PROCEDURE
1. Make all the connections as shown in the circuit diagram.
2. Switch on the power supply and adjust for constant
potential difference using the rheostat.
3. Now insert the soft iron rod into the copper coil and note
down the reading in the ammeter.
4. Now increase the reading in the voltmeter using the
rheostat by multiples and follow the same procedure.
5. Calculate Z for AC current and R for DC current.
6. Using the formula of L, the coefficient of Self Inductance.

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 OBSERVATION
FINDING RESISTANCE
Least count of ammeter ac: ……… A
Range of ammeter ac: ………. A
Least count of voltmeter ac: ………. V
Range of voltmeter: ………. V

Sl Applied potential Ammeter reading Resistance (Ω)

no. difference (V) (A) 𝑉
R= 𝐼
1

Mean R:

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 FINDING IMPEDENCE
Least count of AmmeterAC: ……… A
Range of AmmeterAC: ………. A
Least count of VoltmeterAC: ………. V
Range of VoltmeterAC: ………. V

Sl Applied potential Ammeter reading (I) Impedance (Z)

𝑉𝐴𝐶
no. difference (VAC) (AAC) Z= 𝐴𝐴𝐶
1

Mean Z:

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CALCULATION OF Z:

√𝑍 2 − 𝑅2
𝐿=
2𝜋𝑓

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RESULT
The coefficient of self-inductance of a coil is:

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CALCULATIONS

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APPLICATIONS
In every circuit, where the inductor is used, self-inductance is
used:
Its applications include:
• Self-inductance of a coil is used in electrical oscillator
circuit.
• The phenomenon of self-inductance is used DC to AC
converter.
• It is also used in AC filter.
• A transformer uses self-inductance. the self-inductance
limits the current through the transformer’s primary
windings, etc.

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PICTURE GALLERY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductance
• https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-application-of-self-
induction
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_impedance
• https://www.seminarsonly.com/Engineering-
Projects/Physics/self-inductance-of-a-coil.php

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