Physics GCSE
two reversals per revolution of a coil
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A coil spinning steadily in a fixed field gives a potential difference that reverses twice per turn, because each side swaps from moving up through the field to moving down through it.
Topics that use two reversals per revolution of a coil
- Induced potential (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- changing field
- Conservation of energy
- direction of the induced potential difference
- energy transfer
- generator effect
- induced potential difference
- number of turns
- opposing the change
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