File:Faraday disk generator.jpg
Summary
Drawing of Faraday disk, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electric_generator" class="extiw" title="w:electric generator">electromagnetic generator</a>, invented by British scientist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Michael Faraday">Michael Faraday</a> in 1831. The copper disk (D) rotated between the poles of a horseshoe shaped magnet (A), creating a potential difference between the axis and rim due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday%27s_law_of_induction" class="extiw" title="en:Faraday's law of induction">Faraday's law of induction</a>. If an electrical circuit such as a galvanometer was connected between the binding posts (B) and (B') the motion induced a radial flow of current in the disk, from the axle toward the edge. The current flows into the spring contact (m) sliding along the edge of the disk, out of binding post (B') through the external circuit to binding post (B) , and back into the disk through the axle. Turning it in the opposite direction reverses the direction of current. The caption also says that passing a current from a Bunsen cell (battery) through it would cause the disk to turn, making it function as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electric_motor" class="extiw" title="en:electric motor">electric motor</a>. The labeled parts are given in the caption as:
- (A) inducing magnet
- (D) induced disk
- (B) binding-screw for current entering or exiting axis of disk
- (B') binding-screw for current entering or exiting circumference of disk
- (m) rubber (sliding spring contact) for edge of disk.
The caption describes it as 'Foucault's and Le Roux's apparatus' so this picture was not drawn from Faraday's original machine, but one owned by Faraday's contemporary French physicist <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Foucault" class="mw-redirect" title="Léon Foucault">Léon Foucault</a>. The Faraday disk was an inefficient generator because counter-currents flowed back through regions of the disk outside the magnetic field. It was the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/homopolar_generator" class="extiw" title="en:homopolar generator">homopolar generator</a>
Alterations to image: cropped out caption and list of parts.
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| current | 02:38, 5 January 2017 | | 487 × 382 (35 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Drawing of Faraday disk, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electric_generator" class="extiw" title="w:electric generator">electromagnetic generator</a>, invented by British scientist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Michael Faraday">Michael Faraday</a> in 1831. The copper disk (D) rotated between the poles of a horseshoe shaped magnet (A), creating a potential difference between the axis and rim due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday%27s_law_of_induction" class="extiw" title="en:Faraday's law of induction">Faraday's law of induction</a>. If an electrical circuit such as a galvanometer was connected between the binding posts (B) and (B') the motion induced a radial flow of current in the disk, from the axle toward the edge. The current flows into the spring contact (m) sliding along the edge of the disk, out of binding post (B') through the external circuit to binding post (B) , and back into the disk through the axle. Turning it in the opposite direction reverses the direction of current. The caption also says that passing a current from a Bunsen cell (battery) through it would cause the disk to turn, making it function as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electric_motor" class="extiw" title="en:electric motor">electric motor</a>. The labeled parts are given in the caption as: <ul> <li>(A) inducing magnet </li> <li>(D) induced disk </li> <li>(B) binding-screw for current entering or exiting axis of disk </li> <li>(B') binding-screw for current entering or exiting circumference of disk </li> <li>(m) rubber (sliding spring contact) for edge of disk. </li> </ul> <p>The caption describes it as 'Foucault's and Le Roux's apparatus' so this picture was not drawn from Faraday's original machine, but one owned by Faraday's contemporary French physicist <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Foucault" class="mw-redirect" title="Léon Foucault">Léon Foucault</a>. The Faraday disk was an inefficient generator because counter-currents flowed back through regions of the disk outside the magnetic field. It was the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/homopolar_generator" class="extiw" title="en:homopolar generator">homopolar generator</a><br><br></p> Alterations to image: cropped out caption and list of parts. |
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