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Why do they use magnets in Power Plants?

JOURNAL - Magnetism

• Draw a bar magnet– Label the poles– Draw what the field lines would look

like

• How does the magnet in a power plant work? What does it do?

Magnetism: Magnetic Force

• Where is the magnet in the Power Plant? How does it work?

Magnetism: Magnetic Force

• Magnetic Force: The force a magnet exerts on another magnet, iron, or moving charges.

Magnetism: Magnetic Force

• The force a magnet exerts on another magnet, iron, or moving charges.

• Magnetic forces attract and repel one another

• Like = repel• Unlike = attract

Why does this happen?From where does this force come?

Magnetism: Magnetic Field

• Magnetic force comes from the magnetic field that surrounds a magnet.– Strongest at the poles where field

lines are CLOSE, weak where lines are FAR APART

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Magnetism: Magnetic Field

• A magnetic Field exerts a force on other fields.Like poles repel because Unlike poles attract

because field lines Field lines push on each other. come together.

Magnetism

• What makes something magnetic?• The spin of its UNPAIRED ELECTRONS.

Electron spin aligns atoms and creates a magnetic field.

Magnetism

• A material that has all of its atoms aligned in a single DOMAIN is magnetic. Which one below is magnetic?

• Unaligned atoms

• Aligned atoms.• MAGNETIC!

Magnetism: Earths Magnetic Field

The Earth also has a magnetic field, the MAGNETOSPHERE, due to its iron core.– Allows compasses to work– Protects us from cosmic radiation

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• Electromagnetic Force: the forces of

magnetism and electricity are both caused by electric charges.– MAGNETISM – electrons spinning– ELECTRICITY – electrons traveling

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• In the same way that spinning

electrons create a magnetic field, traveling electric charges also create a magnetic field.

(see page 636)

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• How is this useful?• USES: Solenoid: a coil of

current-carrying wire. The more turns, the stronger the magnet. It creates a controlled magnetic field useful for many things.

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• USES: Electromagnet: a coil of current-

carrying wire with an iron core. The more turns, the stronger the magnet. Used in junkyards to lift heavy materials.

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• USES: Turbine Generator – a device that

induces (creates) an electrical current by spinning a magnet inside a coil of wire or vice versa.

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• USES: Turbine Generator – a device that

creates an electrical current by spinning a magnet inside a coil of wire or vice versa. Used at electrical power plants to create electricity.

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• USES: Turbine Generator – a device that

creates an electrical current by spinning a magnet inside a coil of wire or vice versa. Used at electrical power plants to create electricity.

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• USES: Transformer – a device that increases

or decreases voltage and current. Used when electricity is being transported to your home for use.

Magnetism: Electromagnetic Force• USES: Transformer – a device that increases

or decreases voltage and current. Which one increases? Decreases?