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PhET Simulation: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab - Original Version
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This is the original Java version of the PhET Faraday's Law simulation. It features five interactive models to explore magnetic fields and Faraday's Law of Induction with movable magnets and coils, AC and DC electromagnets, transformers, and generators.  An assortment of tools allow users to modify magnet strength, add or take away coils, view a virtual field meter to measure magnetic flux and field components, change the size of loops in a coil, show field lines, and more.  

See Related Materials for a link to a simpler version of this simulation, available in HTML5.

This simulation is part of a large collection of freely accessible simulations, developed by the Physics Education Technology Project (PhET) using principles from physics education research.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electric Fields and Potential
- Electromagnetic Induction
= Induced Currents and Forces
= Motors and Generators
- Magnetic Fields and Forces
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
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This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 2 license. Additional information is available.
Rights Holder:
PHET and University of Colorado
Keywords:
Faraday, bar magnet, electromagnet, generator, induction, magnetic field, magnetic flux, transformer
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created October 22, 2006 by Gifford Weber
Record Updated:
December 28, 2017 by Caroline Hall
Last Update
when Cataloged:
September 1, 2008
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Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)

Types of Interactions (PS2.B)
  • Forces at a distance are explained by fields (gravitational, electric, and magnetic) permeating space that can transfer energy through space. Magnets or electric currents cause magnetic fields; electric charges or changing magnetic fields cause electric fields. (9-12)
Relationship Between Energy and Forces (PS3.C)
  • When two objects interacting through a field change relative position, the energy stored in the field is changed. (9-12)

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, Version 1.02 (PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday).
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PhET Simulation: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab - Original Version, Version 1.02 (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday>.
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PhET Simulation: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab - Original Version. (2008, September 1). Retrieved April 25, 2024, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday
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PhET. PhET Simulation: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab - Original Version. Boulder: PhET, September 1, 2008. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday (accessed 25 April 2024).
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PhET Simulation: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab - Original Version. Vers. 1.02. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 1 Sep. 2008. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday>.
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