1. SPH4U – Grade 12 Physics Unit 1
Electromagnetism 1
SPH4U – Grade 12 Physics
Unit 1

2. Magnetism Review Every magnet has a north and south pole
 Like Poles Repel  Opposite Poles Attract N S S N N S N S

3. Magnetism Review
The magnetic field around a magnet is strongest at the poles.
The north pole and the south pole of the same bar magnet are in general, equally strong.
If you cut a magnet in two pieces, each piece will have a north and south pole. You can keep cutting to make smaller and smaller magnets – but each one will be weaker in strength.

4. Magnetism Review
A magnetic field is the space around a magnet where a magnetic force can be felt. It is very similar in theory to an electric field. The symbol for magnetic field is
Lines of magnetic force show how the magnetic force acts around the magnet. The force is strongest at the poles (where the lines are close together) and weaker the further out you go.

5. Magnetism Review When drawing Magnetic Field lines, remember:
Lines go from North to South outside the magnet
Lines go from South to North inside the magnet
Lines never cross

6. Magnetism Review

7. Magnetism Review
The direction of a line of force is defined as the direction in which the north pole of a compass points when placed along that line. Therefore, lines of magnetic force point to the South pole.

8. Magnetism Review
A horseshoe magnet

9. Predicting Magnetic Forces
Parallel fields from two different magnets show us that there is a repulsion.

10. Predicting Magnetic Forces
Opposite fields from two different magnets show us that there is an attraction.

11. The Earth

12. Electricity & Magnetism
Electricity and Magnetism are very closely related, since both are based on the properties of electrically charged particles.
The Electromagnetic force is one of the four fundamental forces in nature (including the strong nuclear, the weak nuclear, and gravity).

13. Principal of Electromagnetism
Moving electric charges will produce a magnetic field. (this was discovered by Oersted).
This means that when an
electric current moves through
a wire, a magnetic field
is produced.

14. Magnetic Fields and Current
The magnetic field exists in circular rings around a straight conductor.
The direction of the magnetic field depends on the direction of the current.

15. Magnetic Fields and Current
The Right-hand Rule: when holding a straight conductor with your right hand and thumb pointing in the direction of conventional current, your curled fingers will point in the direction of the magnetic field lines.

16. Example 1 Draw the magnetic field lines around each wire.
Current going into the page
Current going out of the page

17. Example 1
Draw the magnetic field lines around each wire.

18. Magnetic Field around a Loop
If you make a circular loop from a straight wire and run an electric current through the wire, the magnetic field will circle around each segment of the loop.

19. Magnetic Field around a Loop
You can still use the right hand rule to find the direction of the magnetic field for a single loop.
The field will be stronger inside the loop than on the outside.

20. Magnetic Field around a Solenoid
A solenoid is a conducting wire that is wound up into many loops forming a coil.

21. Magnetic Field around a Solenoid
If you run an electric current through a solenoid, the magnetic field is the sum of all the magnetic fields of each loop.
The field will be strongest inside the loop because the field lines are closer together.

22. Magnetic Field around a Solenoid
The more tightly you wind the coil, the stronger the magnetic field will be.

23. Magnetic Field around a Solenoid
When we run a current through a solenoid like this, the magnetic field that is created looks just like a bar magnet. So it is as if a temporary bar magnet is created. One end is North and one is South.

24. Magnetic Field around a Solenoid
To determine the direction of the magnetic field around a solenoid, use the right-hand rule for a solenoid:
Right-hand rule for a solenoid: If you curl your fingers in the direction of the conventional current, your thumb will point in the direction of the magnetic field lines in the core. This means your thumb points towards “North”.

25. The Motor Principal
Since a current carrying wire has a magnetic field around it, an external magnetic field around the wire can cause the wire to move.
This is because of the attraction or repulsion of the two magnetic fields (the one around the wire and the external one).

26. The Motor Principal This property is called the Motor Principal:
A current-carrying conductor that cuts across external magnetic field lines experiences a force that is perpendicular to both the magnetic field and the direction of the electric current.

27. The Motor Principal
The force is caused because the magnetic field lines on the magnet, and on the wire are going in the same direction. Therefore there is a repulsion.

28. The Motor Principal Right-hand Rule for the Motor Principal:
If the fingers of your open right hand point in the direction of the external magnetic field, and your thumb points in the direction of the conventional current, then your palm faces in the direction of the force on the conductor.

29. Example 2
Determine the direction of the force on the wire. X

30. Example 2 Determine the direction of the force on the wire.
Solution: Wire will go into the magnet by the right hand rule. X

31. Electromagnetic Induction
Because of the relationship between electricity and magnetism, when a magnetic field changes near a conductor, an electric current can be produced.
This is called Electromagnetic Induction. The Law of Electromagnetic induction states: An electric current is induced in a conductor whenever the magnetic field in the region of the conductor changes with time.

32. Electromagnetic Induction
This is how electricity is produced in a power-plant:
When water (or steam) pushes the turbine, it will rotate a magnet.
When the magnet is rotated, the magnetic field changes.
When the magnetic field changes, a current is produced.

33. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiHVe8U5PhU
Overview of the electricity:

34. Homework Read Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3,
Make additional notes to supplement the lesson notes. (For now, you do not need to know the formulas for these sections)
Complete the following questions:
Pg. 385 #2, 3, 4,
Pg. 391 # 2