WJEC Separate Sciences (Physics)

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Electromagnetic Induction

1. Electromagnetic induction and generators

(a) Electromagnetic induction
(a) Electromagnetic induction

14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Experiments/Electromagnetic induction

(b) Electromagnetic induction - diagrams
(a) Mouse in a cornfield
(a) Induced emf (16-19)

(c) A.C generator
(a) Generators

14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Experiments/Generators

(d) Fleming's right hand rule
(a) Fleming's right hand rule (16-19)

(e) Generator design
To be written

14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Problems/Electromagnetic induction
14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Problems/Electromagnetic induction 2

2. Transformers

(a) Transformers
(a) Transformers

14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Experiments/Transformer principles

(b) Transformer equation
(a) Transformer equation

14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Problems/Transformers
14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Problems/Transformer grid


Further text, problems and experiments will be added later.