Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction

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Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Magnetic Flux, Magnetic Flux for Constant Magnetic Field, Magnetic Flux for Variable Magnetic Field, Faraday's Laws of Electromagnetic Induction & Electromagnetic Induction etc.

Important Questions on Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction

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The magnetic flux through each of five faces of a neutral playing dice is given ϕ B = ± NWb , where N (= 1 to 5) is the number of spots on the face. The flux is positive (out-ward) for N even and negative (inward) for N odd. What is the flux through the sixth face of the die?

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According to Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction:

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A rectangular loop and a circular loop are moving out of a uniform magnetic field to a field – free region with a constant velocity ‘v’ as shown in the figure. Explain which loop do you expect the induced emf to be constant during the passage out of the field region. The magnetic field is normal to the loops.

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(i) In an a.c. generator, coil of N turns and area A is rotated at v revolution per second in a uniform magnetic field B. Write the expression for the emf produced.

(ii) A 100 turn coil of area   0.1  m 2  rotates at half a revolution per second. It is placed in a magnetic field 0.01 T perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the coil. Calculate the maximum voltage generated in the coil.

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A circular coil of one turn of radius 5.0 cm is rotated about a diameter with a constant angular speed of 80 revolutions per minute. A uniform magnetic field B=0.010 T exists in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Find the average of the square of emf induced in the coil over one time period

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A rectangular coil of two turns having area A rotates in a uniform magnetic field B with angular speed ω about an axis perpendicular to the field and in plane of the coil. If initially the plane of the coil is perpendicular to the field, then the average induced emf when it has rotated through is π2 is

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Through a long solenoid of diameter 4.1 cm, having 100 turns per cm, a current I=1 A is flowing. At its centre, a 60 turns closely packed coil of diameter 3.1 cm is placed such that the coil is co-axial with the long solenoid. The current in the solenoid is reduced to zero at a steady rate in 10 ms. What is the magnitude of emf induced (in V) in the coil while the current in the solenoid is changing? π2=10

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In a coil of resistance 8 Ω, the magnetic flux due to an external magnetic field varies with time as ϕ=9-t2. The value of total heat produced (in J) till the flux becomes zero will be:

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A rectangular loop of dimensions l & w and resistance R moves with constant velocity v to the right as shown in the figure. It continues to move with same speed through a region containing a uniform magnetic field B directed into the plane of the paper & extending a distance 3w. Sketch the flux, induced emf & external force acting on the loop as a function of the distance.

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A long straight wire with current i passes (without touching) three square wire loops with edge lengths 2 L,1.5 L land L. The loops are widely spaced (so as to not affect one another). Loops 1 and 3 are symmetric about the long wire. Rank the loops according to the size of the current induced in them if current i is (a) constant and (b) increasing greatest first.

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Find the magnitude of magnetic flux through the circular loop at t=t

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A circular loop of radius R is placed in a uniform magnetic field B=2sinπt Tesla as shown. Which of the following is incorrect?

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Figure shows a long straight wire carrying current I and a square conducting wire loop of side I, at a distance 'a' from current wire. Both the current wire and loop are in the plane of paper.Find the flux of magnetic field of current wire, passing through the loop.

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Why magnetic flux is minimum when angle between magnetic field and area is 90° and why not it is minimum when angle between magnetic flux and area is 180°?

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A wire, bent into the shape of a right angled triangle PQR, lies with its side PQ parallel to a current carrying wire, and side QR perpendicular to it. The loop lies in the plane of the wire. EMF induced in the loop when it is moved with constant speed along PR is ε1 and it is ε2 when moved along QR with the same constant speed. Then,

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The radius of a circular coil changes with time as shown in the figure. If it is kept in an uniform magnetic field, then choose the correct graph which plots the variation of the magnitude of the emf induced with the time in the coil.

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If a copper wire of length 50 cm and diameter 2 mm is bent into a circular loop and placed perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field that is increasing at a constant rate of 100 mT s-1. What will be the rate at which the thermal energy (in μW) is generated in the loop?
[Given: Resistivity of copper =π8×10-7Ω m and π2=10]

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A conducting ring of circular cross-section with inner and outer radii a and b is made out of a material of resistivity ρ. The thickness of the ring is h. It is placed coaxially in a vertical cylindrical region of a magnetic field B=krt, where k is a positive constant, r is the distance from the axis and t is the time. If the current through the ring is I=khαρ b3-a3, then what is the value of α?
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A circuit consists of a coil with inductance L and an uncharged capacitor of capacitance C. The coil is in a constant uniform magnetic field such that the flux through the coil is ϕ. At time t=0 min, the magnetic field is abruptly switched OFF. Let ω0=1/LC and ignore the resistance of the circuit. Then,