On February 15, we conducted a generator lab experiment in class. This lab was an illustration of Faraday’s Law.  Faraday’s Law is stated as, “Any change in the magnetic environment of a coil of wire will cause a voltage (emf) to be “induced” in the coil. No matter how the change is produced, the voltage will be generated. The change could be produced by changing the magnetic field strength, moving a magnet toward or away from the coil, moving the coil into or out of the magnetic field, rotating the coil relative to the magnet, etc. (“Faraday’s Law.”).” Our experimnet further illustrated this law.

Our procedure was pretty simple. Were given a tube-like object that hooked up to the computer. We were instructed to shake this object, while counting how many times we shook it. Our data was calculated on the computer and then logged into excel. We repeated this a few times and were able to come up with numerous amounts of data and graphs. Unfortunately, our computer kept glitching. Our data kept getting messed up and was eventually lossed. However, here is some sample data from another experiment done…

Even though we no longer have the data, I still learned a lot from this lab. We saw that even though we changed the magnetic field strength, voltage was always produced. No matter the change, some about of voltage was induced in the shakes, exactly as Faraday’s law states.

Sources:

“Faraday’s Law.” Faraday’s Law. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Mar. 2013. <

http://hyperphysics.phy- astr.gsu.edu/‌hbase/electric/farlaw.html>.