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What is the role of the soft iron core?

In a moving coil galvanometer, soft iron core intensifies the magnetic field through it. this causes maximum number of magnetic field lines to pass through the coil.


What happens when the wire in an electromagnet is wrapped around a soft iron core?

A coil of wire or a coil in the shape of a cylinder is a typical shape for an electromagnet. The strength of the magnetic field of an electromagnet can be increased significantly if the coil is wrapped around an iron core. This does not happen with nonmagnetic materials such as wood or aluminum or rubber. The enhancement of the electromagnet is caused by the magnetic properties of iron. The atoms of iron have magnetic properties as a consequence of thier electronic structure. (The cause of magnetism at the atomic level is a complex issue if described in detail and that complexity is beyond this explanation.) In a simplified picture one can say that at the atomic level the iron atoms act like little magnets. The magnetic characteristics of iron are such that an external magnetic field causes the rearrangement of the electronic structure of the iron at the atomic level and that creates a magnetization in the iron. That magnetizations has its own magnetic field just like a normal permanent magnet. The field created by the magnetization of the material adds to the external field and one gets a stronger magnetic field in and around the iron core.


Why does the soft iron core increases the strength of magnetic field?

Iron core (usually soft iron core) is a highly ferromagnetic material. Ferromagnetic materials allows (and attracts) the magnetic field lines to pass through it. When such a material is used in the electromagnet, the magnetic field lines passing through it increases, thereby, the strength of the electromagnet increases. So my friend, I hope you are satisfied with the answer.


How can you increase the field strength of an electromagnetic?

Magnetic field induction B = ur uo n I ur is relative permittivity of the core n the number of turns I the current through the coil So by increasing current or the number of turns B can be increased. By using a core with larger value of ur B could be increased


Is you true the magnetic field around an electromagnet can be made stronger by increasing current or decreasing the number of coils around the iron core?

No, you is false. Increasing current does it, but the number of turns in the coilalso must increase if you want to increase the magnetic field that way.

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What is coil linearity?

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What is the role of the soft iron core?

In a moving coil galvanometer, soft iron core intensifies the magnetic field through it. this causes maximum number of magnetic field lines to pass through the coil.


How do you increase current in electromagnet?

1. Increase the strength of the magnetic field. (More field lines to be cut by wire, therefore more voltage induced) 2. Move the magnet - or the wire - more quickly. (More field lines cut per second, therefore more voltage induced) 3. More coils in wire. (A single straight wire moved in a magnetic field will cut the lines once, but a coil of wire will cut the lines twice. More coils, more cutting, more induced voltage).


Electromagnets are created using what?

An electric current flowing in a wire creates a magnetic field around the wire. To concentrate the magnetic field of a wire, in an electromagnet the wire is wound into a coil, with many turns of wire lying side by side. The magnetic field of all the turns of wire passes through the center of the coil, creating a strong magnetic field there. A coil forming the shape of a straight tube (a helix) is called a solenoid; a solenoid that is bent into a donut shape so that the ends meet is called a toroid. Much stronger magnetic fields can be produced if a "core" of ferromagnetic material, such as soft iron, is placed inside the coil. The ferromagnetic core magnifies the magnetic field to thousands of times the strength of the field of the coil alone. This is called a iron-core electromagnet.


What is a example of converting electrical energy into magnetic energy?

An electromagnet, a coil of wire round a magnetic core. An electric current in the wire produces a magnetic field round the core, which contains energy which could be used to lift a load.


How do you increase the magnetic field in a coil?

Magnetism requires mass of some sort. Smaller magnet, smaller field. I would think that the same holds true with the wire. In the field of electromagnetism you will be dealing with a power requirement to achieve desired strength of field. So, to give you my best answer to your question is to increase the electrical input. If the wire is already magnetic, get a thicker diameter magnetic wire.


How does the section of iron coil influence the magnetic field?

Do you maybe mean an 'iron core?' If so, an iron core strenghthens the magnetic field significantly. *If the coils are wound closer together the fluxlines are more dense and increase the strength of the field slightly (an iron core strengthens the field by allowing the magnetic field to propagate inside it better than air).


How a magnetic field is created and how its strength is affected?

Through a current in a conductor; it is strengthened once by making a coil of the conductor and then by inserting an easily magnetized core inside the coil


What happens when the wire in an electromagnet is wrapped around a soft iron core?

A coil of wire or a coil in the shape of a cylinder is a typical shape for an electromagnet. The strength of the magnetic field of an electromagnet can be increased significantly if the coil is wrapped around an iron core. This does not happen with nonmagnetic materials such as wood or aluminum or rubber. The enhancement of the electromagnet is caused by the magnetic properties of iron. The atoms of iron have magnetic properties as a consequence of thier electronic structure. (The cause of magnetism at the atomic level is a complex issue if described in detail and that complexity is beyond this explanation.) In a simplified picture one can say that at the atomic level the iron atoms act like little magnets. The magnetic characteristics of iron are such that an external magnetic field causes the rearrangement of the electronic structure of the iron at the atomic level and that creates a magnetization in the iron. That magnetizations has its own magnetic field just like a normal permanent magnet. The field created by the magnetization of the material adds to the external field and one gets a stronger magnetic field in and around the iron core.


Which layer of the earth produces its magnetic field?

The earth's outer core produces the magnetic field.


How Do's power transformer from one side to other of a transformer?

A transformer has two coils wound on an iron core which is there to support a magnetic field. A alternating voltage applied to one coil, called the primary, induces a magnetic field in the core. That field induces a back-emf in the primary coil, and also it induces an emf in the other coil, called the secondary. If a load current is taken from the secondary the current causes a reduction in the magnetic field, which is compensated by more current flowing in the primary. That is how power is transferred.