Faraday's Law of Induction - lab report

Student name:karam faroun Student name:Abdulaziz ghabashi

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1. You must write your name on the report otherwise, not accepted
2. Work with only one group, otherwise your report will be not accepted.
3. Any missing value in the graph, it will consider not correct
4. Any value without unit will be considered not correct.
5. Each lab report must belong to the same section (same time), otherwise you report will be not
accepted
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7. Using old reports/data or even data from other sections will result in the report being rejected
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[SO1] Knowledge – K1 __________________/2 points

• Student demonstrates relevant knowledge of the topic
• Student demonstrated the use of logic, math, and physical concepts to solve problems

[SO 3] Interpersonal Skills _________________/ 7 points

• Student demonstrated skills in acquisition of data
• Student demonstrated analytical reasoning to interpret experimental data
•

[SO 4] Communication and IT Skills ________________/ 1

• The Aim of the experiment was communicated effectively.

[SO 6] Values _________/ 2

• Student was able to meet the set deadline.

TOTAL _____________________ /12 points

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Communication
Part A [1 point]
Question 1: What is the main purpose of "Faraday's Law of Induction" experiment?
How is the average EMF induced in a wire coil affected by the rate at which magnetic flux
through the coil changes?
Investigate how the rate of change of magnetic flux through a coil affects the magnitude
and polarity of the average emf induced in it
and then determine a mathematical relationship between the two.

Interpersonal Skills
Part B (Measuring Magnetic Field): [0.5 x 2 =1 point]
Question 2: By using magnetic field sensor, what is the average value of the magnetic
field between ends of the horseshoe magnet (1 𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑠 = 0.1 × 10−3 𝑇)?

Magnetic field B24.78 𝑔𝑎𝑢𝑠 = 2.478𝑥10^ − 3𝑇𝐸𝑆𝐿𝐴___

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Question 3: Post a (snap shot /screen shot) from Capstone software

Part C (Theoretical Calculations): [0.5 x 3 = 1.5 point]

Question 4: Use the following radiuses of the coil (𝑅 = 1.55 × 10−2 𝑚 for outer radius
and 𝑟 = 0.95 × 10−2 𝑚 for inner radius), to calculate the area of the coil (in m2). 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 =
𝜋(𝑅2 − 𝑟 2 ) [Show your work]

Coil area 4.71𝑥10^ − 4____________ 𝑚2

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Question 5: Calculate theoretical magmatic flux by using theo= NBA, (use N= 200
turns, B and A calculated above) [Show your work]

 theo = ___2.334276_x10^ − 4___________ Wb

Question 6: What will happen when we doubled the number of turns N? Assume that we
use the same coil radius and magnetic field as well. [Show your work]

 theo = _______________ Wb

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Part D (Doing the experiment to get results): [3.5 points]
Question 7: [2 points] Start swinging coil inside the magnet and observe the graph.
Determine for each upper peak: (starting time t1, ending time t2, difference in time t and
area under this upper peak = experimental magnetic flux)
[Record your result in the table below]
[Use N=200 turns]

𝚽𝒆𝒙𝒑
𝒕𝟏 𝒕𝟐 ∆𝑡 𝚽𝒆𝒙𝒑 = Area under peak 𝑬𝑴𝑭𝒆𝒙𝒑 = 𝑁 × ( )
peak ∆𝑡
#
(sec) (sec) (sec) (Wb) or 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡 ∙ 𝑠𝑒𝑐 (volt)

0.003
example 3.587 3.656 0.06 0.003 200 × ( ) = 10
0.06
8.177
Upper Peak 1 3.128 3.173 0.045 1.84x10^-3
5.935
Upper Peak 2 3.674 3.736 0.062 1.84x10^-3

Upper Peak 3 4.212 4.289 0.077 1.84x10^-3 4.779

Upper Peak 4 4.760 4.847 0.087 1.839x10&-3 4.227

6
Upper Peak 5 5.335 5.396 0.061 1.830x10^-3

Question 8: Post a (snap shot /screen shot) from Capstone software [1 point]

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[Post at least 2 upper/lower peaks with all data on them ]

Knowledge
Question 9: Answer the following questions [0.5 x 4 = 2 points]

i. What do you expect are the reasons of the sources of errors?

Common sources of error in experiments include human error (e.g. inaccurate
measurements), systematic errors (resulting from flaws in the experiment design),
random errors (unpredictable factors affecting the results)

ii. If we increase number of turns in the coil wand, should we get high or low EMF?
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 Explain

If we increase the number of turns in the coil wand , the EMF should increase .
This is because , on increasing turns , the induced EMF will be sum of EMF's
produced in all individual loops . So it increases

iii. Why is the sign of the emf of the second peak opposite to the sign of the first peak?
(why is one positive and the other negative?)

The sign of Emf of Second peak is opposite to sign of first peak because it is sine
wave in nature .

For first peak it is Positive and then the sine wave reverses and reach Negative
Peak.

iv. Why is the emf zero when the coil is passing through the exact center of the
magnet?
Emf is zero when the coil is passing through the exact center of the magnet as there
is no magnetic flux at that moment. and Emf is induced when it experience a
change of magnetic flux.

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