Electromagnetic Induction
 

Electromagnetic Induction problem 29


A constant current is maintained in a long straight vertical wire. A Hall probe is positioned a distance from the centre of the wire, as shown in the figure below.




The Hall probe is now replaced with a small coil of wire connected to a sensitive voltmeter. The coil is arranged so that its plane is normal to the magnetic field of the wire.


  • State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction and hence explain why the voltmeter indicates a zero reading.


  • State three different ways in which an e.m.f. may be induced in the coil.



 

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