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Electric Field
An Electric Field or Force Surrounding a Charged Particle
An electric field radiates outward from a positive charge and radiates in toward a negative point charge.
Current Electricity
The movement of Electric Charges is called Current. Current is measured by the amount of charge (Coulombs) passing through the cross-sectional area of a conductor in a given period of time (Seconds). A Conventional Current flows from a positive battery terminal to a negative battery terminal.
Conventional Current
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Current Electricity
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Batteries use electrochemical reactions to produce dissimilar charges used to create current in DC motors and circuits.
Current Electricity
The electric field produced in a battery forces current through an electric circuit or conductor connected across the battery poles,
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Ions contain CHARGES that create electric fields. These opposite electric fields produce imbalanced forces necessary to move the charges through the circuit.
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A current created by the unidirectional movement of charge(s) through a conductor is called a direct current. This current is produced by all batteries
When current moves through a conductor a circular magnetic field is induced around the conductor
Position the thumb of your right hand pointing in the direction of conventional current (Positive to Negative) and your fingers will wrap around the conductor in the direction of the induced magnetic field.
When current moves through a coiled conductor a circular magnetic field is induced about the coil
Motor (armature) rotation is caused by the simultaneous attraction and repulsion between the electromagnetic field in the armature and a fixed magnetic field
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Direction of Force (Torque) acting to turn the Armature (Conductor)
The magnetic field surrounding a current carrying conductor interacts with an existing magnetic field.
Use the Left Hand Rule to Determine the Rotation Direction of the Armatures in A and B
Hint: You will have to turn your left hand upside down for example A
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Notice that when the current through the armature is reversed, it moves (Rotates) in the opposite direction
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Two parallel conductors carrying current in the same direction will attract each other
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North Wrapping current carrying conductors around an iron core creates an electro magnet
The Armature of a Brush Commutated DC Motor is made up of Current Carrying Conductors Wrapped Around an Iron Core
The Motor Armature is an electro Magnet and Operates according to the Principles Described in this Slide Show
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