EXPERIMENT 306 : SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS

EXPERIMENT 401 : MAGNETIC FIELDS AND MAGNETIC FORCE

Name
Program/Year
Subject/Section

Group No.

Policious, Mark Angelo F.

CE/2
PHY13L/A2

Seat No.
Date

4
23
07/21/15

DATA AND OBSERVATIONS

PART 2. MAGNETIC FORCE ON CURRENT-CARRYING CONDUCTOR
a. Magnetic Force and Magnetic Field
Low Voltage AC/DC Power Supply Setting:
Voltage: maximum
Current: I = 5 Amps
Current Loop: (choose any), SF 39

digital balance initial reading: 0 gram

Magnetic force in Newton,

Number of Magnets

Magnetic force in gram

____ g x

1 kg
--------1000 g

x (9.8 m/s2)

4.90x10-3

0.5

2
g
0.6

3
4

N
g
0.7
g
g
1
g

0.9

5
6

5.88 x10-3
6.86x10-3

N
N

8.82x10-3
9.80x10-3

N
N

b. Magnetic Force and Current

Low Voltage AC/DC Power Supply Setting:
Voltage: maximum
Current: 0 to 5 Amps with 0.5 increment
Current Loop: (choose any), SF
39
Current
,
I
(Amps)

0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5

Magneti
c
force in
gram

0
g
0.1
g
0.2
g
0.3 g

Magnetic force in Newton,

____ g x

1 kg
--------1000 g

x (9.8 m/s2)

digital balance initial reading: 0 gram

Current,
I
(Amps)

Magneti
c
force in
gram

0
N

3.0

0.6 g

9.8x10-4

3.5

0.7 g

1.96x10

N
1.96x10 3

____ g x

1 kg
--------1000 g

x (9.8 m/s2)

5.88x10 3
N
3
6.86x10
N

N
3

Magnetic force in Newton,

4.0

0.8 g

4.5

0.9 g

7.84 x10 3
N
8.82x10 3

2.0

0.4 g

2.5

0.5 g

N
2.94x10 3
N
2.94x10 3
N

N
5.0

9.80x10 3
N

-8Part 4

1.0 g

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