INDUCTION HOBS

INDUCT YOUR KITCHEN INTO THE HALL OF EFFICIENCY

WHAT WE KNEW
INDUCTION COOKING HEATS A
COOKING VESSEL BY A
CURRENT INDUCED BY
MAGNETISM. SOME OF US
HAD AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT
THIS MEANT.

OBJECTIVES
(1) INVESTIGATE:
WHERE THE POWER TO THE HOB COMES FROM.
HOW INDUCTION WORKS.

HEATING EFFECT OF A CURRENT.

(2) DETERMINE:

COMPARISONS OF INDUCTION HOBS TO STANDARD

ELECTRIC COOKERS.
PRACTICALITIES OF INDUCTION HOBS.

DEFINITIONS
ELECTROMAGNETISM
This is the interaction of electrical
currents and magnetic fields.

MAGNETIC FLUX
This is the amount of magnetic field
passing through a particular area.

DEFINITIONS
LENZS LAW
This states that the induced current is generated so as to oppose
the change which causes it.

FARADAYS LAW
This states that the induced voltage is proportional to the rate of
change of magnetic flux.

STRUCTURE
IN AN INDUCTION COOKER, A COIL OF COPPER
WIRE IS PLACED UNDER THE CERAMIC TOP PLATE.

THERE IS A MAGNETIC SOURCE (INDUCTION) AND

A SUPPLY (MAINS ELECTRICAL SUPPLY).

THE MAGNETIC FIELD INDUCES A CURRENT IN THE

UTENSIL WHICH GENERATES HEAT AND
THEREFORE COOKS THE FOOD.

EXPERIMENT 1:
HOW INDUCTION WORKS
WHAT WE USED: 2 COILS OF COPPER WIRE, A
GALVANOMETER, POWER SOURCE AND MAGNETS.
THE CURRENT PASSED THROUGH THE COPPER
WIRE CREATES AN ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD.

EXPERIMENT 2:
THE HEATING EFFECT
OF A CURRENT
THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT WAS TO TEST THE
FORM OF HEATING KNOWN AS "JOULE HEATING".

WHILE DOING THIS TEST, WE SLOWLY INCREASED THE

AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY PASSING THROUGH A COPPER
WIRE IN A CUP OF WATER.

Heating Effect of a Current

Temperature C (Celsius)

43
38

0.5A
1A
3A
5A

33
28
23
18
0

5 Time (Minutes)

RESEARCH ON PRACTICALITIES
ONLY ABOUT 16% OF Websites
THE INDUCTION HOB IS
http://theinductionsite.
HEATED (CENTRE).
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THE CHANGE IN HEAT
http://theinductionsele
IS INSTANT.
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POTS MADE FROM A
http://europace.oxfordj
CERTAIN MATERIAL
ARE NEEDED TO COOK
WITH INDUCTION.

IT MAY HARM YOUR

IMMUNE SYSTEM.

ournals.org/

Practical

Induction Hob
Experiments

Standard Electric Cooker

Energy
Efficiency

35%

Induction Hob

65%
Used
Un-used

16%

84%

Data Collected and Comparisons

= 200g = 4200 1 1 = 53K

0.2 42001 1 53 = 44,520
44,520

Standard Hot Plate took 285.92 seconds = 285.92 = 155.71

Data Collected and Comparisons

Induction Hob took 45.47 seconds =

44,520
45.47

= 979.11

979.11
= 6.3
155.71
Hot Plate = 1500W

Induction Hob = 2100W

2100 7
= = 1.4
1500 5

The Induction Hob is 6.3 times faster and 1.4 times more powerful!

DISCUSSIONS
ONCE WE FINISHED WE SHARED ALL OF THE INFORMATION
THAT EACH OF US FOUND IN OUR SEPARATE INQUIRIES.
THE TOPICS WERE EXPLAINED TO THE OTHER GROUP
MEMBERS AROUND THE TABLE.
WE PUT ALL OF THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AND
DISCUSSED THE RESULTS.
WE ALSO MADE OUT A SELECTION OF LEAFLETS
EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

CONCLUSION
IN THE END WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION ON HOW
AN INDUCTION HOB WORKS.
WE CONCLUDED THAT THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH
IT COOKS DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT,
THE DURATION OF THE CURRENT AND THE AMOUNT
OF FOOD IT'S COOKING.

OUR THOUGHTS
ON SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
1. WE FOUND THAT SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY MADE IT A LOT
EASIER TO LEARN ABOUT INDUCTION HOBS.

2. COMING UP WITH OUR OWN WAYS TO

DETERMINE/PROVE THAT A HYPOTHESIS IS TRUTHFUL
WAS A LOT MORE FUN THAN SITTING AT A DESK AND
TAKING DOWN NOTES.