Physics GCSE
electromagnet
What electromagnet means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of electromagnet
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A solenoid, or coil of wire, with an iron core, whose magnetic field is present only while there is a current in the coil.
Topics that use electromagnet
- Electromagnetism (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
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- armature and contacts
- circular field around a wire
- distance from the wire
- field inside a solenoid
- field pattern of a solenoid
- field pattern of a straight wire
- increasing the current
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