Faraday's Laws of Induction

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Faraday's Laws of Induction: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Production of Induced EMF for Time Varying Magnetic Flux,Production of Induced EMF by Rotating the Loop,Instantaneous Value of Induced Current in Changing Magnetic Flux, etc.

Important Questions on Faraday's Laws of Induction

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According to Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction:

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A rectangular loop and a circular loop are moving out of a uniform magnetic field to a field – free region with a constant velocity ‘v’ as shown in the figure. Explain which loop do you expect the induced emf to be constant during the passage out of the field region. The magnetic field is normal to the loops.

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A circular coil of radius 8 cm and 20 turns rotates about its vertical diameter with an angular speed of  50 rad s1 in a uniform horizontal magnetic field of magnitude  3×102 T. Find the maximum and average value of the emf induced in the coil.

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A metal disc is made to spin at 20 revolutions per second about an axis passing through its centre and normal to its plane. The disc has a radius of 30 cm and spins in a uniform magnetic field of 0.20 T, which is parallel to the axis of rotation. Calculate
(a) The area swept out per second by the radius of the disc,
(b) The flux cut per second by a radius of the disc,
(c) The induced emf in the disc.

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Say some uses of Faraday's electromagnetic induction in day to day life.

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A circular coil of 500 turns of wire has an enclosed area of 0.1 m2 per turn. It is kept perpendicular to a magnetic field of induction 0.2 T and rotated by 180° about a diameter perpendicular to the field in 0.1 sec. How much charge will pass when the coil is connected to a galvanometer with a combined resistance of 50 ohms ?

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A rectangular conducting loop of length 4 cm and width 2 cm is in the xy-plane, as shown in the figure. It is being moved away from a thin and long conducting wire along the direction 32x+12y with a constant speed v. The wire is carrying a steady current I=10 A in the positive x-direction. A current of 10 μA flows through the loop when it is at a distance d=4 cm from the wire. If the resistance of the loop is 0.1 Ω, then the value of v is _____ m s-1.

[Given: The permeability of free space μ0=4π×10-7 N A-2]

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The magnetic field B crossing normally a square metallic plate of area 4 m2 is changing with time as shown in figure. The magnitude of induced emf in the plate during t=2 s to t=4 s, is _____ mV.

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An insulated copper wire of 100 turns is wrapped around a wooden cylindrical core of the cross-sectional area 24 cm2. The two ends of the wire are connected to a resistor. The total resistance in the circuit is 12 Ω. If an externally applied uniform magnetic field in the core along its axis changes from 1.5 T in one direction to 1.5 T in the opposite direction, the charge flowing through a point in the circuit during the change of magnetic field will be _____ mC.

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A conducting circular loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.4 T with its plane perpendicular to the field. Somehow, the radius of the loop starts expanding at a constant rate of 1 mm s-1. The magnitude of induced emf in the loop at an instant when the radius of the loop is 2 cm will be _______ μV.

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A square loop of side 2.0 cm is placed inside a long solenoid that has 50 turns per centimetre and carries a sinusoidally varying current of amplitude 2.5 A and angular frequency 700 rad s-1. The central axes of the loop and solenoid coincide. The amplitude of the emf induced in the loop is x×10-4 V. The value of x is ___________

( Take, π=227

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The induced emf can be produced in a coil by

A. moving the coil with uniform speed inside uniform magnetic field

B. moving the coil with non uniform speed inside uniform magnetic field

C. rotating the coil inside the uniform magnetic field

D. changing the area of the coil inside the uniform magnetic field

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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A circular coil of one turn of radius 5.0 cm is rotated about a diameter with a constant angular speed of 80 revolutions per minute. A uniform magnetic field B=0.010 T exists in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Find the average of the square of emf induced in the coil over one time period

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A circular ring is placed in magnetic field of 0.4 T. Suddenly, its radius starts shrinking at the rate of 1 mm s-1. Find the induced emf in the ring at r = 2 cm.

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Variation of magnetic field through a coil of area 4 m2 is shown in figure. What is the EMF induced in the coil (in mV)?

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A rectangular coil of two turns having area A rotates in a uniform magnetic field B with angular speed ω about an axis perpendicular to the field and in plane of the coil. If initially the plane of the coil is perpendicular to the field, then the average induced emf when it has rotated through is π2 is

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A circular coil of 100 turns has radius 4 cm. It is placed with its plane perpendicular to a magnetic field of 3 T. If the magnetic field reduces to 1 T in 0.2 s, Calculate the e.m.f. induced in the coil.

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 If a conductor is moved in a direction parallel to the magnetic field, no induced current will be developed in the conductor?
 

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The magnetic flux through a circuit carrying a current of 2.0 A is 0.8 weber. If the current reduces to 1.5 A in 0.1 s, the induced emf be.

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A rectangular coil of 100 turns each having an area 50 cm2, hangs in a vertical plane with its perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of 6×10-4 T. If it is rotated by 90° in 0.02 sec, find the induced emf in the coil.