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| '''Electromagnetic induction''' is the production of a [[potential difference]] (voltage) across a [[Electrical conductor|conductor]] when it is exposed to a varying [[magnetic field]].
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| [[Michael Faraday]] is generally credited with the discovery of induction in 1831 though it may have been anticipated by the work of [[Francesco Zantedeschi]] in 1829.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hans Christian Ørsted and the Romantic Legacy in Science:Ideas, Disciplines, Practices|author=S M Dhir|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZgpmpOOHm80C&pg=PA350&dq=Francesco+Zantedeschi+electromagnetic+induction&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6l0pT4K1GsXprAfguYmUAw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Francesco%20Zantedeschi%20electromagnetic%20induction&f=false|chapter=§6 Other posive results and criticism|publisher=Springer|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4020-2987-5}}</ref> Around 1830<ref>{{cite web|title=Magnets|url=http://library.thinkquest.org/13526/c3c.htm|publisher=[[Oracle Thinkquest|ThinkQuest]]|accessdate=2009-11-06}}</ref> to 1832,<ref>{{cite web|title=Joseph Henry|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/671/000096383/|publisher=[[NNDB|Notable Names Database]]|accessdate=2009-11-06}}</ref> [[Joseph Henry]] made a similar discovery, but did not publish his findings until later.
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| It is also known (above all in Italy) as Faraday and Neumann's law of induction, due to the works of [[Franz Ernst Neumann]].
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| '''Faraday's law of induction''' is a basic law of [[electromagnetism]] predicting how a [[magnetic field]] will interact with an [[electric circuit]] to produce an [[electromotive force|electromotive force (EMF)]]. It is the fundamental operating principle of [[transformer]]s, [[inductor]]s, and many types of [[electricity|electrical]] [[electric motor|motors]], [[electrical generator|generators]] and [[solenoid]]s.<ref name="Sadiku386">{{cite book|author=Sadiku, M. N. O.|title=Elements of Electromagnetics|year=2007|page=386|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=fourth|location=New York (USA)/Oxford (UK)|url=http://books.google.com/?id=w2ITHQAACAAJ&dq=ISBN0-19-530048-3|isbn=0-19-530048-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=1999-07-22|title=Applications of electromagnetic induction|url=http://physics.bu.edu/~duffy/py106/Electricgenerators.html|publisher=[[Boston University]]}}</ref>
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| The '''Maxwell–Faraday equation''' is a generalisation of Faraday's law, and forms one of [[Maxwell's equations]].
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| ==History==
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| [[File:Faraday emf experiment.svg|thumb|250px|A diagram of Faraday's iron ring apparatus. Change in the magnetic flux of the left coil induces a current in the right coil.<ref name=Giancoli>{{cite book|last=Giancoli|first=Douglas C.|title=Physics: Principles with Applications|year=1998|pages=623–624|edition=Fifth}}</ref>]]
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| [[File:Faraday disk generator.jpg|thumb|Faraday's disk (see [[homopolar generator]])]]
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| Electromagnetic induction was discovered independently by [[Michael Faraday]] and [[Joseph Henry]] in 1831; however, Faraday was the first to publish the results of his experiments.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ulaby|first=Fawwaz|title=Fundamentals of applied electromagnetics|edition=5th|year=2007|url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0132413264/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance|publisher=Pearson:Prentice Hall|isbn=0-13-241326-4|page=255}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nas.edu/history/members/henry.html|title=Joseph Henry|accessdate=2006-11-30|work=Distinguished Members Gallery, National Academy of Sciences}}</ref> In Faraday's first experimental demonstration of electromagnetic induction (August 29, 1831<ref name="FaradayDay1999">{{cite book|last1=Faraday|first1=Michael|last2=Day|first2=P.|title=The philosopher's tree: a selection of Michael Faraday's writings|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ur6iKVmzYhcC&pg=PA71|accessdate=28 August 2011|date=1999-02-01|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-7503-0570-9|page=71}}</ref>), he wrapped two wires around opposite sides of an iron ring or "[[torus]]" (an arrangement similar to a modern [[toroidal transformer]]). Based on his assessment of recently discovered properties of electromagnets, he expected that when current started to flow in one wire, a sort of wave would travel through the ring and cause some electrical effect on the opposite side. He plugged one wire into a [[galvanometer]], and watched it as he connected the other wire to a battery. Indeed, he saw a transient current (which he called a "wave of electricity") when he connected the wire to the battery, and another when he disconnected it.<ref>''Michael Faraday'', by L. Pearce Williams, p. 182-3</ref> This induction was due to the change in [[magnetic flux]] that occurred when the battery was connected and disconnected.<ref name=Giancoli/> Within two months, Faraday had found several other manifestations of electromagnetic induction. For example, he saw transient currents when he quickly slid a bar magnet in and out of a coil of wires, and he generated a steady ([[direct current|DC]]) current by rotating a copper disk near the bar magnet with a sliding electrical lead ("Faraday's disk").<ref>''Michael Faraday'', by L. Pearce Williams, p. 191–5</ref>
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| Faraday explained electromagnetic induction using a concept he called [[lines of force]]. However, scientists at the time widely rejected his theoretical ideas, mainly because they were not formulated mathematically.<ref name=Williams510>''Michael Faraday'', by L. Pearce Williams, p. 510</ref> An exception was [[James Clerk Maxwell|Maxwell]], who used Faraday's ideas as the basis of his quantitative electromagnetic theory.<ref name=Williams510/><ref>Maxwell, James Clerk (1904), ''A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism'', Vol. II, Third Edition. Oxford University Press, pp. 178–9 and 189.</ref><ref name="IEEUK">[http://www.theiet.org/about/libarc/archives/biographies/faraday.cfm "Archives Biographies: Michael Faraday", The Institution of Engineering and Technology.]</ref> In Maxwell's papers, the time varying aspect of electromagnetic induction is expressed as a differential equation which [[Oliver Heaviside]] referred to as Faraday's law even though it is slightly different in form from the original version of Faraday's law, and does not describe [[#Faraday's law as two different phenomena|motional EMF]]. Heaviside's version (see [[#Maxwell–Faraday equation|Maxwell–Faraday equation below]]) is the form recognized today in the group of equations known as [[Maxwell's equations]].
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| Lenz's law, formulated by [[Heinrich Lenz]] in 1834, describes "flux through the circuit", and gives the direction of the induced EMF and current resulting from electromagnetic induction (elaborated upon in the examples below).
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| [[Image:Induction experiment.png|thumb|300px|Faraday's experiment showing induction between coils of wire: The liquid battery ''(right)'' provides a current which flows through the small coil ''(A)'', creating a magnetic field. When the coils are stationary, no current is induced. But when the small coil is moved in or out of the large coil ''(B)'', the magnetic flux through the large coil changes, inducing a current which is detected by the galvanometer ''(G)''.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=JzBAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA285 Poyser, Arthur William (1892), ''Magnetism and electricity: A manual for students in advanced classes'']. London and New York; Longmans, Green, & Co., p. 285, fig. 248. Retrieved 2009-08-06.</ref>]]
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| ==Faraday's law==
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| ===Qualitative statement===
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| The most widespread version of Faraday's law states:
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| {{Quotation|The induced electromotive force in any closed circuit is equal to the negative of the time rate of change of the [[magnetic flux]] through the circuit.}}
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| This version of Faraday's law strictly holds only when the closed circuit is a loop of infinitely thin wire,<ref name=Feynman/> and is invalid in other circumstances as discussed [[#"Counterexamples" to Faraday's law|below]]. A different version, the [[Maxwell–Faraday equation]] (discussed [[#Maxwell–Faraday equation|below]]), is valid in all circumstances.
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| ===Quantitative===
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| [[Image:Surface integral illustration.png|right|thumb|The definition of surface integral relies on splitting the surface Σ into small surface elements. Each element is associated with a vector ''d'''''A''' of magnitude equal to the area of the element and with direction normal to the element and pointing “outward” (with respect to the orientation of the surface).]]
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| Faraday's law of induction makes use of the [[magnetic flux]] Φ<sub>''B''</sub> through a hypothetical surface Σ whose boundary is a wire loop. Since the wire loop may be moving, we write Σ(''t'') for the surface. The magnetic flux is defined by a [[surface integral]]:
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| ::<math> \Phi_B = \iint\limits_{\Sigma(t)} \mathbf{B}(\mathbf{r}, t) \cdot d \mathbf{A}\ , </math>
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| where ''d'''''A''' is an element of surface area of the moving surface Σ(''t''), '''B''' is the magnetic field, and '''B'''·''d'''''A''' is a [[dot product|vector dot product]] (the infinitesimal amount of magnetic flux). In more visual terms, the magnetic flux through the wire loop is proportional to the number of [[field line|magnetic flux lines]] that pass through the loop.
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| When the flux changes—because '''B''' changes, or because the wire loop is moved or deformed, or both—Faraday's law of induction says that the wire loop acquires an [[electromotive force|EMF]], <math>\mathcal{E}</math>, defined as the energy available from a unit charge that has travelled once around the wire loop.<ref name=Feynman/><ref name=Griffiths2>{{cite book|author=Griffiths, David J.|title=Introduction to Electrodynamics|url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/013805326X/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-2951702-6987112#reader-link|edition=Third|pages=301–303|publisher=Prentice Hall|year=1999|location=Upper Saddle River NJ|isbn=0-13-805326-X}}</ref><ref>Tipler and Mosca, ''Physics for Scientists and Engineers'', p795, [http://books.google.com/books?id=R2Nuh3Ux1AwC&pg=PA795 google books link]</ref><ref>Note that different textbooks may give different definitions. The set of equations used throughout the text was chosen to be compatible with the special relativity theory.</ref> Equivalently, it is the voltage that would be measured by cutting the wire to create an [[Electric circuit|open circuit]], and attaching a [[voltmeter]] to the leads. According to the [[Lorentz force law]] (in [[SI units]]),
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| :<math>\mathbf{F} = q \left(\mathbf{E} + \mathbf{v}\times\mathbf{B}\right) </math>
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| the EMF on a wire loop is:
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| :<math>\mathcal{E} = \frac{1}{q} \oint_{\mathrm{wire}}\mathbf{F}\cdot d\boldsymbol{\ell} = \oint_{\mathrm{wire}} \left(\mathbf{E} + \mathbf{v}\times\mathbf{B}\right)\cdot d\boldsymbol{\ell}</math>
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| where '''E''' is the [[electric field]], '''B''' is the [[magnetic field]] (aka magnetic flux density, magnetic induction), d'''ℓ''' is an infinitesimal [[arc length]] along the wire, and the [[line integral]] is evaluated along the wire (along the curve the conincident with the shape of the wire).
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| The EMF is also given by the [[time derivative|rate of change]] of the magnetic flux: | |
| :<math>\mathcal{E} = -{{d\Phi_B} \over dt} \ </math>,
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| where <math>\mathcal{E}</math> is the [[electromotive force]] (EMF) in [[volt]]s and
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| Φ<sub>''B''</sub> is the [[magnetic flux]] in [[Weber (unit)|webers]]. The direction of the electromotive force is given by [[Lenz's law]].
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| For a tightly wound [[inductor|coil of wire]], composed of ''N'' identical turns, each with the same Φ<sub>''B''</sub>, Faraday's law of induction states that<ref>Essential Principles of Physics, P.M. Whelan, M.J. Hodgeson, 2nd Edition, 1978, John Murray, ISBN 0-7195-3382-1</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nave|first=Carl R.|title=Faraday's Law|url=http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/farlaw.html|work=HyperPhysics|publisher=Georgia State University|accessdate=29 August 2011}}</ref>
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| :<math> \mathcal{E} = -N {{d\Phi_B} \over dt} </math>
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| where ''N'' is the number of turns of wire and Φ<sub>''B''</sub> is the magnetic flux in webers through a ''single'' loop.
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| ==Maxwell–Faraday equation==
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| [[Image:Stokes' Theorem.svg|thumb|right|An illustration of Kelvin-Stokes theorem with surface '''Σ''' its boundary '''∂Σ''' and orientation ''' ''n'' ''' set by the [[right-hand rule]].]]
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| The Maxwell–Faraday equation is a generalisation of Faraday's law that states that a time-varying magnetic field is always accompanied by a spatially-varying, non-[[Conservative vector field|conservative]] electric field, and vice-versa. The Maxwell–Faraday equation is
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| (in [[SI units]]) where <math>\nabla\times</math> is the [[Curl (mathematics)|curl]] [[linear operator|operator]] and again '''E'''('''r''', ''t'') is the [[electric field]] and '''B'''('''r''', ''t'') is the [[magnetic field]]. These fields can generally be functions of position '''r''' and time ''t''.
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| The Maxwell–Faraday equation is one of the four [[Maxwell's equations]], and therefore plays a fundamental role in the theory of [[classical electromagnetism]]. It can also be written in an '''integral form''' by the [[Kelvin-Stokes theorem]]:<ref name=Harrington>{{cite book|author=Roger F Harrington|title=Introduction to electromagnetic engineering|year=2003|page=56|publisher=Dover Publications|location=Mineola, NY|isbn=0-486-43241-6|url=http://books.google.com/?id=ZlC2EV8zvX8C&pg=PA57&dq=%22faraday%27s+law+of+induction%22}}</ref>
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| where, as indicated in the figure:
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| :'''Σ''' is a surface bounded by the closed contour '''∂Σ''',
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| :'''E''' is the electric field, '''B''' is the [[magnetic field]].
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| :d'''ℓ''' is an [[infinitesimal]] vector element of the contour '''∂Σ''',
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| :d'''A''' is an infinitesimal vector element of surface '''Σ'''. If its direction is [[orthogonal]] to that surface patch, the magnitude is the area of an infinitesimal patch of surface.
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| Both d'''ℓ''' and d'''A''' have a sign ambiguity; to get the correct sign, the [[right-hand rule]] is used, as explained in the article [[Kelvin-Stokes theorem]]. For a planar surface Σ, a positive path element ''d'''''ℓ''' of curve ∂Σ is defined by the right-hand rule as one that points with the fingers of the right hand when the thumb points in the direction of the normal '''n''' to the surface Σ.
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| The integral around '''∂Σ''' is called a ''path integral'' or ''[[line integral]]''.
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| Notice that a nonzero [[Line integral|path integral]] for '''E''' is different from the behavior of the electric field generated by charges. A charge-generated '''E'''-field can be expressed as the gradient of a [[scalar field]] that is a solution to [[Poisson's equation]], and has a zero path integral. See [[gradient theorem]].
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| The integral equation is true for ''any'' path '''∂Σ''' through space, and any surface '''Σ''' for which that path is a boundary.
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| If the path '''Σ''' is not changing in time, the equation can be rewritten:
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| :<math> \oint_{\partial \Sigma} \mathbf{E} \cdot d\boldsymbol{\ell} = - \frac{d}{dt} \int_{\Sigma} \mathbf{B} \cdot d\mathbf{A}. </math>
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| The [[surface integral]] at the right-hand side is the explicit expression for the [[magnetic flux]] Φ<sub>B</sub> through '''Σ'''.
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| ==Proof of Faraday's law==
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| The four [[Maxwell's equations]] (including the Maxwell–Faraday equation), along with the [[Lorentz force law]], are a sufficient foundation to derive ''everything'' in [[classical electromagnetism]].<ref name=Feynman/><ref name=Griffiths2/> Therefore it is possible to "prove" Faraday's law starting with these equations.<ref name=Davison>{{cite doi|10.1119/1.1987339}}</ref><ref name=Krey>Basic Theoretical Physics: A Concise Overview by Krey and Owen, p155, [http://books.google.com/books?id=xZ_QelBmkxYC&pg=PA155 google books link]</ref> Click "show" in the box below for an outline of this proof. (In an alternative approach, not shown here but equally valid, Faraday's law could be taken as the starting point and used to "prove" the Maxwell–Faraday equation and/or other laws.)
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| !Outline of proof of Faraday's law from Maxwell's equations and the Lorentz force law.
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| |Consider the time-derivative of flux through a possibly moving loop, with area <math>\Sigma(t)</math>:
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| :<math>\frac{d\Phi_B}{dt} = \frac{d}{dt}\int_{\Sigma(t)} \mathbf{B}(t)\cdot d\mathbf{A}</math>
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| The integral can change over time for two reasons: The integrand can change, or the integration region can change. These add linearly, therefore:
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| :<math>\left. \frac{d\Phi_B}{dt}\right|_{t=t_0} = \left( \int_{\Sigma(t_0)} \left. \frac{\partial\mathbf{B}}{\partial t}\right|_{t=t_0} \cdot d\mathbf{A}\right) + \left( \frac{d}{dt} \int_{\Sigma(t)} \mathbf{B}(t_0) \cdot d\mathbf{A} \right)</math>
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| where ''t''<sub>0</sub> is any given fixed time. We will show that the first term on the right-hand side corresponds to transformer EMF, the second to motional EMF (see above). The first term on the right-hand side can be rewritten using the integral form of the Maxwell–Faraday equation:
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| :<math> \int_{\Sigma(t_0)} \left. \frac{\partial \mathbf{B}}{\partial t}\right|_{t=t_0} \cdot d\mathbf{A} = - \oint_{\partial \Sigma(t_0)} \mathbf{E}(t_0) \cdot d\boldsymbol{\ell} </math>
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| [[Image:Faraday Area.PNG|thumbnail|300px|Area swept out by vector element ''d'''''ℓ''' of curve '''∂Σ''' in time ''dt'' when moving with velocity '''v'''.]]
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| Next, we analyze the second term on the right-hand side:
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| :<math>\frac{d}{dt} \int_{\Sigma(t)} \mathbf{B}(t_0) \cdot d\mathbf{A}</math>
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| This is the most difficult part of the proof; more details and alternate approaches can be found in references.<ref name=Davison/><ref name=Krey/><ref>K. Simonyi, Theoretische Elektrotechnik, 5th edition, VEB Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1973, equation 20, page 47</ref> As the loop moves and/or deforms, it sweeps out a surface (see figure on right). The magnetic flux through this swept-out surface corresponds to the magnetic flux that is either entering or exiting the loop, and therefore this is the magnetic flux that contributes to the time-derivative. (This step implicitly uses [[Gauss's law for magnetism]]: Since the flux lines have no beginning or end, they can only get into the loop by getting cut through by the wire.) As a small part of the loop <math>d\boldsymbol{\ell}</math> moves with velocity '''v''' for a short time <math>dt</math>, it sweeps out a vector area vector <math>d\mathbf{A}=\mathbf{v} \, dt \times d\boldsymbol{\ell}</math>. Therefore, the change in magnetic flux through the loop here is
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| :<math>\mathbf{B} \cdot (\mathbf{v} \, dt \times d\boldsymbol{\ell}) = -dt \, d\boldsymbol{\ell} \cdot (\mathbf{v}\times\mathbf{B})</math>
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| Therefore:
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| :<math>\frac{d}{dt} \int_{\Sigma(t)} \mathbf{B}(t_0) \cdot d\mathbf{A} = -\oint_{\partial \Sigma(t_0)} (\mathbf{v}(t_0)\times \mathbf{B}(t_0))\cdot d\boldsymbol{\ell}</math>
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| Putting these together,
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| :<math>\left. \frac{d\Phi_B}{dt}\right|_{t=t_0} = \left(- \oint_{\partial \Sigma(t_0)} \mathbf{E}(t_0) \cdot d\boldsymbol{\ell}\right) + \left(- \oint_{\partial \Sigma(t_0)} (\mathbf{v}(t_0)\times \mathbf{B}(t_0))\cdot d\boldsymbol{\ell} \right)</math>
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| Meanwhile, EMF is defined as the energy available per unit charge that travels once around the wire loop. Therefore, by the [[Lorentz force law]],
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| Combining these,
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| =="Counterexamples" to Faraday's law==
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| Image:Faraday's disc.PNG|Faraday's disc electric generator. The disc rotates with angular rate ω, sweeping the conducting radius circularly in the static magnetic field '''B'''. The magnetic Lorentz force '''v <big>×</big> B''' drives the current along the conducting radius to the conducting rim, and from there the circuit completes through the lower brush and the axle supporting the disc. This device generates an EMF and a current, although the shape of the "circuit" is constant and thus the flux through the circuit does not change with time.
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| Image:FaradaysLawWithPlates.gif|A counterexample to Faraday's Law when over-broadly interpreted. A wire (solid red lines) connects to two touching metal plates (silver) to form a circuit. The whole system sits in a uniform magnetic field, normal to the page. If the word "circuit" is interpreted as "primary path of current flow" (marked in red), then the magnetic flux through the "circuit" changes dramatically as the plates are rotated, yet the EMF is almost zero, which contradicts Faraday's Law. After ''Feynman Lectures on Physics'' Vol. II page 17-3
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| Although Faraday's law is always true for loops of thin wire, it can give the wrong result if naively extrapolated to other contexts.<ref name=Feynman/> One example is the [[homopolar generator]] (above left): A spinning circular metal disc in a homogeneous magnetic field generates a DC (constant in time) EMF. In Faraday's law, EMF is the time-derivative of flux, so a DC EMF is only possible if the magnetic flux is getting uniformly larger and larger perpetually. But in the generator, the magnetic field is constant and the disc stays in the same position, so no magnetic fluxes are growing larger and larger. So this example cannot be analyzed directly with Faraday's law.
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| Another example, due to Feynman,<ref name=Feynman/> has a dramatic change in flux through a circuit, even though the EMF is arbitrarily small. See figure and caption above right.
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| In both these examples, the changes in the current path are different from the motion of the material making up the circuit. The electrons in a material tend to follow the motion of the atoms that make up the material, due to [[scattering]] in the bulk and [[work function]] confinement at the edges. Therefore, motional EMF is generated when a material's atoms are moving through a magnetic field, dragging the electrons with them, thus subjecting the electrons to the [[Lorentz force]]. In the homopolar generator, the material's atoms are moving, even though the overall geometry of the circuit is staying the same. In the second example, the material's atoms are almost stationary, even though the overall geometry of the circuit is changing dramatically. On the other hand, Faraday's law always holds for thin wires, because there the geometry of the circuit always changes in a direct relationship to the motion of the material's atoms.
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| Although Faraday's law does not apply to all situations, the [[Maxwell–Faraday equation]] and [[Lorentz force law]] are always correct and can always be used directly.<ref name=Feynman/>
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| Both of the above examples can be correctly worked by choosing the appropriate path of integration for Faraday's Law. Outside of context of thin wires, the path must never be chosen to go through the conductor in the shortest direct path. This is explained in detail in "The Electromagnetodynamics of Fluid" by W. F. Hughes and F. J. Young, John Wiley Inc. (1965)
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| ==Applications==
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| The principles of electromagnetic induction are applied in many devices and systems, including:
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| * [[Electrical generator]]s
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| * [[Electromagnetic forming]]
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| * [[Graphics tablet]]
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| * [[Hall effect]] meters
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| * [[Induction cooker]]s
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| * [[Induction motor]]s
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| * [[Induction sealing]]
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| * [[Induction welding]]
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| * [[Inductive charging]]
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| * [[Inductor]]s
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| * [[Magnetic flow meter]]s
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| * [[Mechanically powered flashlight]]
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| * [[Pickup (music technology)|Pickups]]
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| * [[Rowland ring]]
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| * [[Transcranial magnetic stimulation]]
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| * [[Transformer]]s
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| * [[Wireless energy transfer]]
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| ===Electrical generator===
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| [[Image:Spindle.PNG|thumb|300px|Rectangular wire loop rotating at angular velocity ω in radially outward pointing magnetic field '''B''' of fixed magnitude. The circuit is completed by brushes making sliding contact with top and bottom discs, which have conducting rims. This is a simplified version of the ''drum generator'']]
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| The EMF generated by Faraday's law of induction due to relative movement of a circuit and a magnetic field is the phenomenon underlying [[electrical generator]]s. When a [[magnet|permanent magnet]] is moved relative to a conductor, or vice versa, an electromotive force is created. If the wire is connected through an [[electrical load]], current will flow, and thus [[electrical energy]] is generated, converting the mechanical energy of motion to electrical energy. For example, the ''drum generator'' is based upon the figure to the right. A different implementation of this idea is the [[Homopolar generator|Faraday's disc]], shown in simplified form on the right.
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| In the Faraday's disc example, the disc is rotated in a uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the disc, causing a current to flow in the radial arm due to the Lorentz force. It is interesting to understand how it arises that mechanical work is necessary to drive this current. When the generated current flows through the conducting rim, a magnetic field is generated by this current through [[Ampère's circuital law]] (labeled "induced B" in the figure). The rim thus becomes an [[electromagnet]] that resists rotation of the disc (an example of [[Lenz's law]]). On the far side of the figure, the return current flows from the rotating arm through the far side of the rim to the bottom brush. The B-field induced by this return current opposes the applied B-field, tending to ''decrease'' the flux through that side of the circuit, opposing the ''increase'' in flux due to rotation. On the near side of the figure, the return current flows from the rotating arm through the near side of the rim to the bottom brush. The induced B-field ''increases'' the flux on this side of the circuit, opposing the ''decrease'' in flux due to rotation. Thus, both sides of the circuit generate an EMF opposing the rotation. The energy required to keep the disc moving, despite this reactive force, is exactly equal to the electrical energy generated (plus energy wasted due to [[friction]], [[Joule heating]], and other inefficiencies). This behavior is common to all generators converting [[mechanical energy]] to electrical energy.
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| ===Electrical transformer===
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| {{Main|transformer}}
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| The EMF predicted by Faraday's law is also responsible for electrical transformers. When the electric current in a loop of wire changes, the changing current creates a changing magnetic field. A second wire in reach of this magnetic field will experience this change in magnetic field as a change in its coupled magnetic flux, ''d'' Φ<sub>B</sub> / ''d t''. Therefore, an electromotive force is set up in the second loop called the '''induced EMF''' or '''transformer EMF'''. If the two ends of this loop are connected through an electrical load, current will flow.
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| ===Magnetic flow meter===
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| {{Main|magnetic flow meter}}
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| Faraday's law is used for measuring the flow of electrically conductive liquids and slurries. Such instruments are called magnetic flow meters. The induced voltage ℇ generated in the magnetic field ''B'' due to a conductive liquid moving at velocity ''v'' is thus given by:
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| :<math>\mathcal{E}= - B \ell v,</math>
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| where ℓ is the distance between electrodes in the magnetic flow meter.
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| ==Eddy currents==
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| {{main|Eddy current}}
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| Conductors (of finite dimensions) moving through a uniform magnetic field, or stationary within a changing magnetic field, will have currents induced within them. These induced eddy currents can be undesirable, since they dissipate energy in the resistance of the conductor.
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| There are a number of methods employed to control these undesirable inductive effects.
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| * Electromagnets in electric motors, generators, and transformers do not use solid metal, but instead use thin sheets of metal plate, called ''laminations''. These thin plates reduce the parasitic eddy currents, as described below.
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| * Inductive coils in electronics typically use [[magnetic core]]s to minimize parasitic current flow. They are a mixture of metal powder plus a resin binder that can hold any shape. The binder prevents parasitic current flow through the powdered metal.
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| ===Electromagnet laminations===
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| [[File:Hawkins Electrical Guide - Figure 292 - Eddy currents in a solid armature.jpg|300px|left]] | |
| Eddy currents occur when a solid metallic mass is rotated in a magnetic field, because the outer portion of the metal cuts more lines of force than the inner portion, hence the induced electromotive force not being uniform, tends to set up currents between the points of greatest and least potential. Eddy currents consume a considerable amount of energy and often cause a harmful rise in temperature.<ref name="Imagesand"><cite>Images and reference text are from the public domain book: [[Hawkins Electrical Guide]], Volume 1, Chapter 19: Theory of the Armature, pp. 272–273, Copyright 1917 by Theo. Audel & Co., Printed in the United States</cite></ref>
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| [[File:Hawkins Electrical Guide - Figure 293 - Armature core with a few laminations showing effect on eddy currents.jpg|300px|left]]
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| Only five laminations or plates are shown in this example, so as to show the subdivision of the eddy currents. In practical use, the number of laminations or punchings ranges from 40 to 66 per inch, and brings the eddy current loss down to about one percent. While the plates can be separated by insulation, the voltage is so low that the natural rust/oxide coating of the plates is enough to prevent current flow across the laminations.<ref name="Imagesand" />
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| [[File:Small DC Motor pole laminations and overview.jpg|300px|left]]
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| This is a rotor approximately 20mm in diameter from a DC motor used in a {{nowrap|CD player.}} Note the laminations of the electromagnet pole pieces, used to limit parasitic inductive losses.
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| ===Parasitic induction within inductors===
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| [[File:Hawkins Electrical Guide - Figure 291 - Formation of eddy currents in a solid bar inductor.jpg|300px|left]]
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| In this illustration, a solid copper bar inductor on a rotating armature is just passing under the tip of the pole piece N of the field magnet. Note the uneven distribution of the lines of force across the bar inductor. The magnetic field is more concentrated and thus stronger on the left edge of the copper bar (a,b) while the field is weaker on the right edge (c,d). Since the two edges of the bar move with the same velocity, this difference in field strength across the bar creates whorls or current eddies within the copper bar.<ref><cite>Images and reference text are from the public domain book: [[Hawkins Electrical Guide]], Volume 1, Chapter 19: Theory of the Armature, pp. 270–271, Copyright 1917 by Theo. Audel & Co., Printed in the United States</cite></ref>
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| High current power-frequency devices such as electric motors, generators and transformers use multiple small conductors in parallel to break up the eddy flows that can form within large solid conductors. The same principle is applied to transformers used at higher than power frequency, for example, those used in [[switch mode power supply|switch-mode power supplies]] and the [[intermediate frequency]] coupling transformers of radio receivers.
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| ==Faraday's law and relativity==
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| ===Two phenomena===
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| Some physicists have remarked that Faraday's law is a single equation describing two different phenomena: the ''motional EMF'' generated by a magnetic force on a moving wire (see [[Lorentz force#Force on a current-carrying wire|Lorentz force]]), and the ''transformer EMF'' generated by an electric force due to a changing magnetic field (due to the [[#Maxwell–Faraday equation|Maxwell–Faraday equation]]).
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| [[James Clerk Maxwell]] drew attention to this fact in his 1861 paper ''[[:File:On Physical Lines of Force.pdf|On Physical Lines of Force]]''. In the latter half of Part II of that paper, Maxwell gives a separate physical explanation for each of the two phenomena.
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| A reference to these two aspects of electromagnetic induction is made in some modern textbooks.<ref name=Griffiths1>{{cite book|author=Griffiths, David J.|title=Introduction to Electrodynamics|url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/013805326X/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-2951702-6987112#reader-link|edition=Third|pages=301–3|publisher=Prentice Hall|year=1999|location=Upper Saddle River NJ|isbn=0-13-805326-X}} Note that the law relating flux to EMF, which this article calls "Faraday's law", is referred to in Griffiths' terminology as the "universal flux rule". Griffiths uses the term "Faraday's law" to refer to what article calls the "Maxwell–Faraday equation".
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| So in fact, in the textbook, Griffiths' statement is about the "universal flux rule".</ref> As Richard Feynman states:<ref name=Feynman>"The flux rule" is the terminology that Feynman uses to refer to the law relating magnetic flux to EMF.{{cite book|author=Richard Phillips Feynman, Leighton R B & Sands M L|title=The Feynman Lectures on Physics|year=2006|page=Vol. II, pp. 17-2|publisher=Pearson/Addison-Wesley|location=San Francisco|url=http://books.google.com/?id=zUt7AAAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Feynman+intitle:Lectures+intitle:on+intitle:Physics|isbn=0-8053-9049-9|nopp=true}}</ref>
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| {{Quotation|So the "flux rule" that the emf in a circuit is equal to the rate of change of the magnetic flux through the circuit applies whether the flux changes because the field changes or because the circuit moves (or both) ...
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| Yet in our explanation of the rule we have used two completely distinct laws for the two cases  –    <math>\stackrel{\mathbf{v\times B}}{}</math>  for "circuit moves" and   <math>\stackrel{\mathbf{\nabla \times E = - \part_t B}}{}</math>   for "field changes".
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| We know of no other place in physics where such a simple and accurate general principle requires for its real understanding an analysis in terms of ''two different phenomena''.|Richard P. Feynman, ''The Feynman Lectures on Physics''}}
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| ===Einstein's view===
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| Reflection on this apparent dichotomy was one of the principal paths that led [[Einstein]] to develop [[special relativity]]:
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| {{Quotation|It is known that Maxwell's electrodynamics—as usually understood at the present time—when applied to moving bodies, leads to asymmetries which do not appear to be inherent in the phenomena. Take, for example, the reciprocal electrodynamic action of a magnet and a conductor.
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| The observable phenomenon here depends only on the relative motion of the conductor and the magnet, whereas the customary view draws a sharp distinction between the two cases in which either the one or the other of these bodies is in motion. For if the magnet is in motion and the conductor at rest, there arises in the neighbourhood of the magnet an electric field with a certain definite energy, producing a current at the places where parts of the conductor are situated.
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| But if the magnet is stationary and the conductor in motion, no electric field arises in the neighbourhood of the magnet. In the conductor, however, we find an electromotive force, to which in itself there is no corresponding energy, but which gives rise—assuming equality of relative motion in the two cases discussed—to electric currents of the same path and intensity as those produced by the electric forces in the former case.
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| Examples of this sort, together with unsuccessful attempts to discover any motion of the earth relative to the "light medium," suggest that the phenomena of electrodynamics as well as of mechanics possess no properties corresponding to the idea of absolute rest. | |
| | ''Albert Einstein'', ''On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies''<ref>A. Einstein, [http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/specrel.pdf On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies]</ref>}}
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| ==See also==
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| {{Wikipedia books|Maxwell's equations}}
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| {{columns-list|3|
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| * [[Eddy current]]
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| * [[Inductance]]
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| * [[Maxwell's equations]]
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| * [[Moving magnet and conductor problem]]
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| * [[Alternator]]
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| * [[Crosstalk]]
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| * [[Faraday paradox]]
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| * [[Vector calculus]]
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| }}
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| ==References==
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| ==Further reading==
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| * [http://books.google.com/books?id=vAsJAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:a+intitle:treatise+intitle:on+intitle:electricity+intitle:an+intitle:magnetism&cad=0_1#v=onepage&q&f=false Maxwell, James Clerk (1881), ''A treatise on electricity and magnetism, Vol. II'', Chapter III, §530, p. 178.] Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-486-60637-6.
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| * [http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/electromagneticinduction/index.html A simple interactive Java tutorial on electromagnetic induction] National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
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| * [http://www.physics.smu.edu/~vega/em1304/lectures/lect13/lect13_f03.ppt R. Vega ''Induction: Faraday's law and Lenz's law'' - Highly animated lecture]
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| * [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/HBASE/hframe.html Notes from Physics and Astronomy HyperPhysics at Georgia State University]
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| * [http://www.learnemc.com/tutorials/Faraday/Faradays_Law.html Faraday's Law for EMC Engineers]
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| * [http://usna.edu/Users/physics/tank/Public/FaradaysLaw.pdf Tankersley and Mosca: ''Introducing Faraday's law'']
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| * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMnDfNWlLM Lenz's Law at work].
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| * [http://www.phy.hk/wiki/englishhtm/Induction.htm A free java simulation on motional EMF]
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| * [http://msdaif.googlepages.com/physics Two videos demonstrating Faraday's and Lenz's laws at EduMation]
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