Meeting #11
T HE S ETUP Piece of Steel Magnet Copper Tube: Conductive Non-magnetic
T HE E XPERIMENT Video Link: demo-lenzs-law-with-copper-pipe-10268/ demo-lenzs-law-with-copper-pipe-10268/ Extra Link: nslaw/ nslaw/
S TEEL Accelerates close to gravity Air resistance is only upwards force (negligible)
M AGNET
Changing Magnetic Field Induced Current
T O S UM IT U P The falling magnet induces a current within the tube. By Lenz’s law, the current creates a magnetic field that opposes the field of the falling magnet. The magnet feels a resistive (upward) force, and falls slowly.