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This item is a beginning tutorial on generators and motors, appropriate for introductory high school physics. Fully illustrated, it explains how current flows through a conductor and how motors change electric energy into mechanical energy. The author devotes careful attention to coils and how they are used to cut through lines of force and strengthen a magnetic field. The latter half of the tutorial illustrates both AC and DC current generators and motors, with graphs to show the current wave cycles of both.
This resource is part of the Molecular Expressions project at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University.
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Electromagnetism and Electromagnets
Unit Title: Electromagnetic Induction This tutorial gives beginning students a grounding in the physics underlying generators and motors. Clear and concise illustrations help students differentiate the components of each device. The author devotes careful attention to conductor coils and how they are used to cut through lines of force and strengthen a magnetic field. Simple graphs depict the cycles of both AC and DC current waves. Link to Unit:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=5809">Davidson, Michael. Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism - Generators and Motors. Tallahassee: Florida State University, January 28, 2003.</a>
AIP Format
M. Davidson, (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1995), WWW Document, (https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/generators/index.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
M. Davidson, Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism - Generators and Motors (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1995), <https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/generators/index.html>.
APA Format
Davidson, M. (2003, January 28). Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism - Generators and Motors. Retrieved March 21, 2025, from Florida State University: https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/generators/index.html
Chicago Format
Davidson, Michael. Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism - Generators and Motors. Tallahassee: Florida State University, January 28, 2003. https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/generators/index.html (accessed 21 March 2025).
MLA Format
Davidson, Michael. Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism - Generators and Motors. Tallahassee: Florida State University, 1995. 28 Jan. 2003. National Science Foundation. 21 Mar. 2025 <https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/generators/index.html>.
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@misc{
Author = "Michael Davidson",
Title = {Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism - Generators and Motors},
Publisher = {Florida State University},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {21 March 2025},
Month = {January 28, 2003},
Year = {1995}
}
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%A Michael Davidson %T Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism - Generators and Motors %D January 28, 2003 %I Florida State University %C Tallahassee %U https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/generators/index.html %O text/html
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