Electro Magnet


 
 
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Electromagnet

It is magnet made by using electric current. An electromagnet works on the principal of magnetic effect of the current. Wrap a wire around a soft iron piece (known as the core). A magnet made using such an arrangement is called an electromagnet. A solenoid is a device which can be used as an electromagnet.

Construction of Solenoid :

It is made of a long wire that has been wound many times (usually around a hollow metallic core). It has the shape of a long cylinder.

The more the number of turns of wire around the core the more will be the magnetic effect. The iron nail attracts more number of safety pins when wrapped with a coil with more number of turns. If the current passing through the coil is switched off then the  iron piece will lose its magnetic effect, i.e., it will stop behaving like a magnet such magnet are called temporary magnets because they behave as a magnet as long as electricity flows through them.

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Question : 1

The core of an electromagnet is made up of ___________________?

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

An electromagnet works on the principle of _____________effect of current. 

Right Option : A
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Question : 3

Which of the following are correct :

(a) An electromagnet is a solenoid coil that gets magnetised i.e. becomes a magnet due to flow of current.

(b) An electromagnet works on the principle of magnetic effect of the current. 

(c) There are two factors through which an electromagnet can be made stronger are by increasing the amount of current  used in the coil and by increasing the number of turns forming the coil.

Right Option : D
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