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NCERT Solutions: Class 12 Physics Chapter 6 - Electromagnetic Induction

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Q.6.1Predict the direction of induced current in the situations described by the following Figs. 6.15(a) to (f ). The figures show: (a) a south pole of a magnet moving towards the right end of a coil; (b) a magnet with its south pole facing the left coil and north pole facing the right coil, moving left between two coils; (c) two coaxial loops, with the tapping key in the left loop just closed; (d) two coaxial loops, with the rheostat setting in the right loop being changed; (e) two coaxial solenoids, with the tapping key in the left solenoid just released; (f) a circular ring around a long straight wire carrying upward current $I$ decreasing at a steady rate.v
Solution

Apply Lenz's law: the induced current always produces a magnetic field that opposes the change in magnetic flux through the circuit.

Answer:

(a) The induced current is clockwise when the coil is viewed from the approaching magnet side; the near face of the coil becomes a south pole and opposes the approaching south pole. (b) In both coils the induced current is clockwise when each coil is viewed from the magnet between them: the left coil opposes the approaching south pole and the right coil opposes the receding north pole. (c) When the key is just closed, the flux through the right loop suddenly increases; the induced current in the right loop is in the sense that produces magnetic field opposite to the field due to the left loop. (d) The induced current in the left loop opposes the change caused by the rheostat: if the current in the right loop increases, the induced current is opposite in sense to the right-loop current as viewed along the common axis; if it decreases, the induced current is in the same sense. (e) When the key is just released, the current and flux due to the left solenoid decrease; the induced current in the right solenoid is in the sense that supports the original flux through it. (f) No induced current flows in the ring, because the magnetic field due to the straight wire is tangential to the ring and the magnetic flux through the ring is zero even while the current decreases.

Q.6.2Use Lenz’s law to determine the direction of induced current in the situations described by Fig. 6.16: (a) A wire of irregular shape turning into a circular shape; (b) A circular loop being deformed into a narrow straight wire.v
Solution

In Fig. 6.16(a), the magnetic field is into the page and the loop area increases as the irregular wire becomes circular. Flux into the page increases, so the induced current must produce a field out of the page; this requires anticlockwise current. In Fig. 6.16(b), the magnetic field is out of the page and the loop area decreases as it is deformed into a narrow wire. The induced current must maintain outward flux, so it is also anticlockwise.

Answer:

(a) Anticlockwise. (b) Anticlockwise.

Q.6.3A long solenoid with 15 turns per cm has a small loop of area 2.0 cm2 placed inside the solenoid normal to its axis. If the current carried by the solenoid changes steadily from 2.0 A to 4.0 A in 0.1 s, what is the induced emf in the loop while the current is changing?v
Solution

The magnetic field in a long solenoid is $B=\mu_0nI$. Thus the induced emf in the small loop is $\epsilon=A\mu_0n\,dI/dt$. Here $n=15\,\text{cm}^{-1}=1500\,\text{m}^{-1}$, $A=2.0\times10^{-4}\,\text{m}^2$ and $dI/dt=(4.0-2.0)/0.1=20\,\text{A s}^{-1}$. Therefore $\epsilon=(2.0\times10^{-4})(4\pi\times10^{-7})(1500)(20)=7.5\times10^{-6}\,\text{V}$.

Answer:

$7.5\times10^{-6}\,\text{V}$.

Q.6.4A rectangular wire loop of sides 8 cm and 2 cm with a small cut is moving out of a region of uniform magnetic field of magnitude 0.3 T directed normal to the loop. What is the emf developed across the cut if the velocity of the loop is 1 cm s–1 in a direction normal to the (a) longer side, (b) shorter side of the loop? For how long does the induced voltage last in each case?v
Solution

As the loop leaves the field, $\epsilon=B l v$, where $l$ is the side cutting the boundary. If motion is normal to the longer side, $l=8\,\text{cm}=0.08\,\text{m}$, so $\epsilon=0.3(0.08)(0.01)=2.4\times10^{-4}\,\text{V}$. The voltage lasts while the loop crosses through its shorter width, $0.02/0.01=2\,\text{s}$. If motion is normal to the shorter side, $l=0.02\,\text{m}$, so $\epsilon=0.3(0.02)(0.01)=6.0\times10^{-5}\,\text{V}$, lasting $0.08/0.01=8\,\text{s}$.

Answer:

(a) $2.4\times10^{-4}\,\text{V}$ for $2\,\text{s}$. (b) $6.0\times10^{-5}\,\text{V}$ for $8\,\text{s}$.

Q.6.5A 1.0 m long metallic rod is rotated with an angular frequency of 400 rad s–1 about an axis normal to the rod passing through its one end. The other end of the rod is in contact with a circular metallic ring. A constant and uniform magnetic field of 0.5 T parallel to the axis exists everywhere. Calculate the emf developed between the centre and the ring.v
Solution

For a rod rotating about one end in a uniform magnetic field parallel to the axis, the motional emf is $\epsilon=\frac12B\omega l^2$. With $B=0.5\,\text{T}$, $\omega=400\,\text{rad s}^{-1}$ and $l=1.0\,\text{m}$, $\epsilon=\frac12(0.5)(400)(1.0)^2=100\,\text{V}$.

Answer:

$100\,\text{V}$.

Q.6.6A horizontal straight wire 10 m long extending from east to west is falling with a speed of 5.0 m s–1, at right angles to the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field, 0.30 × 10–4 Wb m–2. (a) What is the instantaneous value of the emf induced in the wire? (b) What is the direction of the emf? (c) Which end of the wire is at the higher electrical potential?v
Solution

The motional emf is $\epsilon=Blv=(0.30\times10^{-4})(10)(5.0)=1.5\times10^{-3}\,\text{V}$. Taking east as $+x$, north as $+y$, and upward as $+z$, the falling wire has velocity $-\hat{z}$ and the horizontal earth field is along north. For positive charges, $\mathbf{v}\times\mathbf{B}=(-\hat{z})\times\hat{y}=+\hat{x}$, so positive charge is driven towards the east end. Hence the emf is from west to east and the east end is at higher potential.

Answer:

(a) $1.5\times10^{-3}\,\text{V}$. (b) The emf is directed from west to east. (c) The eastern end is at higher potential.

Q.6.7Current in a circuit falls from 5.0 A to 0.0 A in 0.1 s. If an average emf of 200 V induced, give an estimate of the self-inductance of the circuit.v
Solution

For self-induction, $|\epsilon|=L|dI/dt|$. The current changes by $5.0\,\text{A}$ in $0.1\,\text{s}$, so $|dI/dt|=50\,\text{A s}^{-1}$. Thus $L=200/50=4.0\,\text{H}$.

Answer:

$4.0\,\text{H}$.

Q.6.8A pair of adjacent coils has a mutual inductance of 1.5 H. If the current in one coil changes from 0 to 20 A in 0.5 s, what is the change of flux linkage with the other coil?v
Solution

Flux linkage with the other coil is $N\Phi=MI$. Therefore the change in flux linkage is $\Delta(N\Phi)=M\Delta I=1.5(20-0)=30\,\text{Wb-turn}$. The time interval is not needed for flux linkage; it would be needed for induced emf.

Answer:

$30\,\text{Wb-turn}$.