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Faraday's Law

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Experience and learn about Faraday’s Law in this educational web-app-based physics simulation destined to enrich your general knowledge. #Faraday's law  #Physics simulation  #Electromagnetic induction  #Faraday  #Electromagnetism  #Magnet  

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For curious minds and young scholars alike, the world of physics is a fascinating rabbit hole worth venturing into, regardless of the original intent. From sparking a passion for science that can flourish into a successful career down the line to implanting a wider range of useful facts into the minds of an ever-growing population, simulating educational experiments will always have tremendous benefits for everyone involved.

One such experiment is provided by the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder, where Faraday’s Law of induction can be understood and emulated using a lightweight web app.

Essentially, English scientist Michael Faraday and his American counterpart Joseph Henry discovered the basics of electromagnetic induction in 1832, a process which predicts how magnetic fields interact with electric circuits in order to produce an electromotive force.

The accessible icons and graphics of the app add to the experience of simulating Faraday’s discovery. The schematic shown on the app’s window depicts a light bulb connected to two sets of coils, each of a different dimension, along with a magnet. Bringing the magnet closer to or inside the coils turns on the bulb, and the light intensity varies depending on the length of the coil.

Moving the magnet in and out of the coil and changing its polarity creates electricity and alters the light intensity of the bulb, illustrating the interaction between magnetic fields and electric circuits.

The interface is simple and easy to use, meant to be navigated without any issues by people of all ages. The bottom part of the app’s window contains an option to toggle the sound, a list of keyboard shortcuts and a number of useful functions placed under the logo of the PhET project.

Once accessed, this menu allows the user to go directly to the project’s website, let the program run in full screen or take a screenshot of the way contents are laid out for sharing with their friends.

For a better understanding of Faraday’s Law of induction, this web app is simple enough to use and provide the user with the right lightweight toolset for experimenting an 1832 physics discovery from the comfort of their personal computer.

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  runs on:
Windows 11
Windows 10 32/64 bit
Windows 8 32/64 bit
Windows 7 32/64 bit
  file size:
2.1 MB
  filename:
faradays-law_en.jar
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Faraday's Law - The main interface of the app allows for moving the magnet inside the coilsFaraday's Law - Extra options such as showing a Voltmeter or the magnetic field lines are availableFaraday's Law - A wide variety of keyboard shortcuts can be activated by the userFaraday's Law - screenshot #4Faraday's Law - screenshot #5
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