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Are electromagnets used in electric appliances?
Most home appliances are loaded with electromagnets in the form of solenoids, as well as motors, which click and hum as the appliances do their work. You can hear these systems working when an appliance goes through its automated cycle, controlling components like relays and pumps.
What household items have electromagnets?
In the home, by far the most common use of electromagnets is in electric motors. Think of all of those bits of electrical equipment with some kind of electric motor: vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, washing machines, tumble driers, food blenders, fan ovens, microwaves, dish-washers, hair driers.
How is the magnetic field produced in an electromagnet?
An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current. Electromagnets usually consist of wire wound into a coil . A current through the wire creates a magnetic field which is concentrated in the hole, denoting the center of the coil.
What kind of wire is an electromagnet made of?
Electromagnets An electromagnet is a magnet that works with electricity. It can be switched on and off. The coils are nearly always made of copper wire because copper is such an excellent electrical conductor.
Which is the best way to use an electromagnet?
If you want to learn more about electromagnets and use one yourself, you can create one using magnetic wire and a battery. Use the electromagnet to pick up magnetic metals. Hold the electromagnet up against metal alloys like alnico or items that contain magnetic metals to pick them up or attract them to the electromagnet.
How are electromagnets like permanent bar magnets?
The magnetic field of an electromagnet is just like that of a permanent bar magnet. Increasing the current makes the field stronger, but a high current will heat up the coil, wasting energy as heat. Adding more turns will also increase the field strength. So we can add more and more turns to get a stronger and stronger magnet.