Magnetism and electromagnetism notes
Use your magnetic personality to learn of the mysteries of magnetism, the last of the energy stores to be studied on the course.

Permanent magnets

Magnets that stick together forever. These magnets are not poles apart!
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Magnetic fields

The Earths magnetic field is getting weaker every year. The attraction has gone.
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Electromagnetism

A solenoid is a coil of wire, but to get to the core of the issue you need to look at electromagnets.
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The motor effect

Why things can be made to spin and when being left handed will be an advantage
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The electric motor

Motor your revision with this electrifying set of notes
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Electromagnetic devices

(physics only)
Do not ask for whom the doorbell tolls... ...It tolls for thee.
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Loudspeakers and headphones

(physics only)
The first electromagnetic coil loudspeaker was invented in 1877 by Werner Von Siemens. The first headphones were invented in 1910 by Nathaniel Baldwin
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The Microphone

(physics only)
Testing... Testing... 1... 2... 3... Can you hear me?
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The generator effect

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Moving wires in magnetic fields makes electricity. This knowledge has generated lots of ideas (and electricity)
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Generating alternating current

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Tesla girls, Tesla girls, Testing out theories, Electric chairs and dynamos, Dressed to kill, they're killing me
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Generating DC

(physics only)
Washington DC was named because it was the first city to have direct current (Not really)
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Transformers

(physics only)
Transformers... ..robots in disguise
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