EXPERIMENT 60
Speaker
An electromagnet, with its magnetic force
able to be turned on or off at will, can be
used to make some very interesting appli-
ances — a very simple speaker, for
example.
HERE’S HOW
Tape a sheet of paper over the lid of a
cardboard box. Tape an iron disk from the
small parts pouch to the center of the paper.
Connect one of the horseshoe electro-
magnet’s prongs to one of the battery
terminals with one of the plug wires. Clamp
the red alligator wire to the magnet’s second
prong.
Place the horseshoe electromagnet on a
short stack of books, with one of its arms
just far enough away from the iron disk that
they will not touch when the current is
flowing. Secure it in the desired position with
a little tape.
Attach the free clip of the alligator wire to a
coin with ribbed edges. Rub the coin several
times back and forth across the free battery
terminal. What do you hear?
Attach a file to the red alligator clip and
move it gently across the battery terminal.
What kind of noise comes from the paper?
Electromagnetism
SPEAKER
A speaker also contains a cardboard mem-
brane and two magnets. Usually, a tiny
spool
of wire will be attached to the cardboard
membrane, into which the oscillations of elec-
trical current will be fed. In this way, the spool
is turned into an electromagnet. This spool is
surrounded by the magnetic field of a strong
permanent magnet. The fluctuations of mag-
netic force mean that it is more or less strongly
attracted by this permanent magnet. It moves
in rhythm with the fluctuations in current, and
passes these movements on to the membrane.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
As soon as the coin or the file slides
across the battery terminal, it rap-
idly closes and opens the electrical
contact — a lot faster than you
could do by hand. So the electro-
magnet becomes magnetic and
non-magnetic in quick succession.
These oscillations are transferred
to the disk on the sheet of paper,
and from there into the air, which
you hear as sound — the coin
makes the paper crackle, and the
file makes it hum.
Wire spool
Permanent magnet
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