Describe two ways you could make an electromagnet more powerful. How and why it makes it more powerful. Winner get the crown

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Delaney Schwartz

8 May, 01:52

Describe two ways you could make an electromagnet more powerful. How and why it makes it more powerful. Winner get the crown

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Sterling Kidd · Answer 1

An electromagnet is a current-induced magnet. The basic setup is an electrical current circulating around some magnetizable material, such as an iron rod. The current and number of times the current circulates around determine the magnetic strength. Therefore, the same things that strengthen a current are the same things that strengthen an electromagnet.

As current runs through a straight wire, a circular magnetic field is generated around it. When a wire is made into a circle, the current generates a magnetic field parallel to its axis. If you pile loops on top of each other, as in a coil or solenoid, you increase the magnetic field strength.