Electromagnetic Induction (OCR A Level Physics)

Topic Questions

1a3 marks
a)
The diagram below shows two long vertical current-carrying wires X and Y.

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The direction of the current in each wire is the same.

Explain why wire Y experiences a force and deduce the direction of this force.

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1b4 marks
b)
i)
State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.

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ii)
The diagram below shows a simple transformer constructed by a student.

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Describe how the student can do an experiment in the laboratory to show that the maximum electromotive force (e.m.f.) E induced in the secondary coil is directly proportional to the number of turns N on the secondary coil.

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1a5 marks
a)
A magnet rotates inside a shaped soft iron core. A coil is wrapped around the iron core as shown in Fig. 5.1. The coil is connected to an oscilloscope.
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Fig. 5.1 Fig. 5.2

 

The spinning magnet induces an e.m.f. in the coil. A graph of the e.m.f. displayed on the oscilloscope screen is shown in Fig. 5.2.

i)
Explain the shape of the graph in terms of the magnetic flux linking the coil.

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ii)
On Fig. 5.3 sketch a graph of the magnetic flux linkage of the coil against time. The variation of the induced e.m.f. across the coil is shown as a dotted line.

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Fig. 5.3

iii)
The coil shown in Fig. 5.1 has 150 turns. The maximum induced e.m.f. V0 across the coil is 1.2 V when the magnet is rotating at 24 revolutions per second.

Calculate the maximum magnetic flux through the coil using the equation

V0 = 2π × (frequency) × (maximum magnetic flux linkage)

Give a unit with your answer.




maximum flux = ..................................... unit .............. [2]

1b6 marks
b*)
A student is given a transformer with coils X and Y, as shown in Fig. 5.4.

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Fig. 5.4

The student is intending to investigate how the maximum induced e.m.f. V0 in coil Y depends on the frequency f of the alternating current in coil X.

The changing magnetic flux density in coil X induces an e.m.f. in coil Y. Faraday’s law indicates that the maximum induced e.m.f. V0 should be directly proportional to f.

Describe how you would investigate the suggested relationship between V0 and f in the laboratory using these coils. In your description include all of the equipment used and how you would analyse the data collected.

Use the space below to draw a suitable diagram.

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1a6 marks
a*)
A student conducts an experiment to confirm that the uniform magnetic flux density B between the poles of a magnet is 30 mT.

A current-carrying wire of length 5.0 cm is placed perpendicular to the magnetic field.

The current I in the wire is changed and the force F experienced by the wire is measured.
Fig. 22.1 shows the graph plotted by the student.

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Fig. 22.1

The student’s analysis is shown on the graph of Fig. 22.1 and in the space below.

F = BIL
gradient = BLfraction numerator open parentheses 3.8 minus 3.0 close parentheses cross times 10 to the power of negative 3 end exponent over denominator 2.5 minus 2.0 end fraction space equals space 0.0016

B = fraction numerator 0.0016 over denominator 0.05 end fraction = 0.032 T = 32 mT

This is just 2 mT out from the 30 mT value given by the manufacturer, so
the experiment is very accurate.

Evaluate the information from Fig. 22.1 and the analysis of the data from the experiment. No further calculations are necessary.

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1b7 marks
b)
Fig. 22.2 shows a transformer circuit.

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Fig. 22.2

The primary coil is connected to an alternating voltage supply. A filament lamp is connected to the output of the secondary coil.

i)
Use Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction to explain why the filament lamp is lit.

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ii)
The primary coil has 400 turns and the secondary coil has 20 turns. The potential difference across the lamp is 12 V and it dissipates 24 W. The transformer is 100% efficient.

1.
Calculate the current in the primary coil.

current = ................................. A [2]

2.
The alternating voltage supply is replaced by a battery and an open switch in series.
The switch is closed. The lamp is lit for a short period of time and then remains off.

Explain this observation.

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2a4 marks

Fig. 21.1 shows a coil of a simple generator rotating in a uniform magnetic field.

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Fig. 21.1

The coil has 85 turns of insulated wire. The cross-sectional area of the coil is 14cm2.
Fig. 21.2 shows the variation of magnetic flux density B through the plane of the coil with time t as it rotates.

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Fig. 21.2

a)
i)
Explain why the electromotive force (e.m.f.) induced across the ends of the coil is a maximum at the times when B = 0.

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ii)
Draw a tangent to the curve in Fig. 21.2 when B = 0, and hence determine the maximum e.m.f. induced across the ends of the coil.

maximum e.m.f. = ...................................................... V [3]

2b2 marks
b)
Fig. 21.3 shows the variation of the e.m.f. induced across the ends of the coil with time t.

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Fig. 21.3

The magnitude of the magnetic flux density of the uniform field is now halved and the coil is rotated at twice its previous frequency.
On Fig. 21.3 sketch the new variation of the e.m.f. induced with time t.


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