What Is Electromagnetic Induction?

Electromagnetic induction is the production of an EMF (and current in a closed loop) by a time-varying magnetic flux. Faraday's law: ε = −dΦB/dt, where ΦB = ∫ B · dA is the flux through the loop.

The minus sign (Lenz's law) means the induced current opposes the change of flux — a direct consequence of energy conservation. Discovered by Michael Faraday in 1831 and Joseph Henry independently.

Applications: power-station generators, transformers (the basis of the AC grid), induction cooktops, electric guitar pickups, MRI receive coils, wireless phone charging, metal detectors, and eddy-current brakes.

Recent research on this topic from arXiv

Preprints and papers indexed on arXiv.org. Links open the public abstract pages.

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