PhysicsLAB: Electricity and Magnetism Background

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Electricity and Magnetism Background

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I. Famous people

Pioneers in the study of electricity and magnetism

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/pioneers/

Volta

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/pioneers/alessandro-volta/

Gilbert

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/pioneers/william-gilbert/

Faraday

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/pioneers/michael-faraday/

Oersted

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/watch-play/see-thru-science/how-oersted-discovered-electromagnetism/

Tesla

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/pioneers/nikola-tesla/

Hertz

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/pioneers/heinrich-hertz/

II. water flow related to electrical current flow

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive-tutorials/current-flow/

III. energy of the battery is defined by its voltage

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive-tutorials/voltaic-pile/

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive-tutorials/daniell-cell/

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/museum/plante-battery-1859/

IV. Oersted - magnetic fields around wires

compass orientation

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/museum/oersteds-compass-1820/

circular fields

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive-tutorials/magnetic-field-around-a-wire-i/

forces between parallel current carrying wires

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive-tutorials/parallel-wires/

field inside a current-carrying coil of wire

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive-tutorials/magnetic-field-of-a-solenoid/

V. Faraday and electromagnetic induction

current induced in a coil by changing the proximity of a magnetic field (bar magnet)

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive-tutorials/electromagnetic-induction/

current induced in a coil by changing its area

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/plan-a-lesson/electric-motors/

induced voltage in a secondary coil by changing the currents in a primary coil

https://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/transformer/index.html

https://nationalmaglab.org/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/museum/tesla-coil-1891/

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