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Faraday's Law & Lenz's Law

Try this: Double the peak current without a stronger magnet.

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About this simulation

Move a magnet past a coil and watch a current appear. Then hold it still inside and watch the current vanish while the flux stays at its maximum.

Taught in Induction & Faraday's Law

  • magnetic flux
  • Faraday's law
  • Lenz's law
  • induced EMF

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