Lenz' Law - Vocab

Lenz's Law

• The induced current in a conductor opposes the change in magnetic flux that produced it.
• The electromotive force (voltage) generated by electromagnetic induction.
• The electromotive force that opposes the applied voltage in an electric motor.
• Devices that increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current using electromagnetic induction.

Electromagnetic Induction

• The electric current produced in a conductor due to a changing magnetic field.
• The electromotive force (voltage) generated by electromagnetic induction.
• Devices that increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current using electromagnetic induction.
• The process of generating an electric current by changing the magnetic field around a conductor.

Magnetic Flux

• Circular electric currents induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field.
• The process of generating an electric current by changing the magnetic field around a conductor.
• The measure of the magnetic field passing through a given area.
• The electric current produced in a conductor due to a changing magnetic field.

Induced Current

• The process of generating an electric current by changing the magnetic field around a conductor.
• The electric current produced in a conductor due to a changing magnetic field.
• Circular electric currents induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field.
• The electromotive force that opposes the applied voltage in an electric motor.

Induced EMF

• The measure of the magnetic field passing through a given area.
• Devices that increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current using electromagnetic induction.
• The process of generating an electric current by changing the magnetic field around a conductor.
• The electromotive force (voltage) generated by electromagnetic induction.

Eddy Currents

• Circular electric currents induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field.
• The electric current produced in a conductor due to a changing magnetic field.
• The electromotive force (voltage) generated by electromagnetic induction.
• Devices that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy using electromagnetic induction.

Back EMF

• The magnitude of the induced EMF is proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux.
• The process of generating an electric current by changing the magnetic field around a conductor.
• Devices that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy using electromagnetic induction.
• The electromotive force that opposes the applied voltage in an electric motor.

Faraday's Law of Induction

• The electromotive force that opposes the applied voltage in an electric motor.
• The magnitude of the induced EMF is proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux.
• The process of generating an electric current by changing the magnetic field around a conductor.
• The measure of the magnetic field passing through a given area.

Electric Generators

• The measure of the magnetic field passing through a given area.
• Circular electric currents induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field.
• The process of generating an electric current by changing the magnetic field around a conductor.
• Devices that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy using electromagnetic induction.

Transformers

• The electromotive force that opposes the applied voltage in an electric motor.
• Devices that increase or decrease the voltage of an alternating current using electromagnetic induction.
• The electric current produced in a conductor due to a changing magnetic field.
• Devices that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy using electromagnetic induction.