Faraday's experiments and Lenz's law
Move a bar magnet through a coil and read the induced emf on a galvanometer. See flux, Lenz's law direction, dependence on turns, speed and magnet strength, and magnetic braking when the magnet falls.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 12 |
| Chapter | 6. Electromagnetic Induction |
| NCERT section | 6.2–6.5 |
| Level | NEET level |
| Time | about 14 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: Faraday · Lenz · induced emf · magnetic flux · eddy braking
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