Electromagnetism

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Electromagnetism

After a study, it has been revealed that the circuit used contains so many built-in errors that cannot be helped. These factors are:

• Flux being lost on the corners of the magnet; and

• Resistance of the wire

Nevertheless, all that were predicted happened in the experiment. They seem to be accurate to a certain extent, as they all fit in their own patterns.

Evaluation

This experiment has worked well and has produced sufficient results that produce quite an interesting conclusion.

I did not have any unusual and anomalous results.

However, the methods used were not in such way that gives the most reliable results, as, the coils were not done in exactly the same way, so the length of the coils inside the magnetic field is not precisely the same in all cases. A mechanical device could be utilized instead of doing it by hand.

The results, however, are not strictly and totally accurate, as the circuit itself is not 100% efficient. The resistance inside the wires drains up some of the energy. Some flux of the magnetic field can also be lost through the magnet's shape, for instance -- bended wire around the nail at the end. From this, a high expectation cannot be made from such inefficient system because there is no solution to gain total efficiency.

Analysing Evidence & Drawing conclusions

To draw a conclusion from my graph, first of all I would divide it into

Three sections: Section A (the bottom), section B (the middle) and section C (the

top). This would now make it easier to describe.

The first section (A) looks like it does because for the amount of current

put in, only a few of the domains h...

... middle of paper ...

...t had almost reached the Magnetic Saturation point (i.e. it had almost attracted all that it could). The results also seemed to show a trend in the way they increased. Every time the voltage was increased by 1 volt, the amount picked up increased by roughly 2 grams.

Probably the reason that some of the results were anomalous was because the voltage used wasn't precisely accurate as the dials on the Power Packs can be misread slightly. Also, some of the pins may have become magnetised, or the nail may have become a weak permanent magnet. These reasons could also account for the spread of data in the other results.

My best fit line didn't pass through the origin, although it came very close. This is probably because the iron nail which was used as a core was slightly magnetised and therefore acted as a weak permanent magnet, before the electricity was turned on.

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