2nd year of post-compulsory secondary education
Magnetic field
José Luis San Emeterio
 Magn.  
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The generation of alternating currents
 Another way of varying the magnetic flux through a circuit is to make it rotate in a magnetic field.
In the visual you can examine this phenomenon by making a coil rotate within a magnetic field.

   You will discover that this produces a variable electric current known as alternating current, which is equal to:

emf= Em · sen(2·π·f·t+φ) , where f is the frequency of the rotation of the coil, φ is the initial phase angle (the initial angular position of the coil) and Em is the maximum value of the electromotive force, which is given by the following formula:

Em=n·B·S· w  where w=2·π·f,  n is the number of loops, B is the magnetic induction and S is the surface enclosed by each loop. 

Background information
Natural magnets
Lines of force
Magnets and currents
Conclusions
The effects of the magnetic field
on a charged particle
on a straight cable
on a loop
Conclusions
The creation of magnetic fields
by a charged particle
by a rectilinear current
by a coil
An explanation of natural magnetism
Conclusions
Induced currents
Magnetic flux
The laws of Faraday and Lenz
Self-induction
Conclusions
Alternating currents
The generation of alternating currents
A circuit of alternating current
Conclusions
Evaluation