How Electricity Make Things Move

I could have really used it a couple of summers ago when i was trying to keep my kids busy.

How electricity make things move. Or grab my rss feed 12 comments alice audrey march 11 2010 at 1 52 pm. A dynamo is a bit like an electric motor inside. Here s how it works. They attract themselves when there they have opposite polarity and repel themselves when they have the same one.

Just as electricity can make magnetism so magnetism can make electricity. So how do organised electrons make a motor spin. A magnetic field pulls and pushes electrons in certain objects closer to them making them move. Subscribe to the weekly newsletter to hear about them all.

That is a very interesting question which has a very interesting answer. Can you make electricity from magnets. This is a great list. Most of the other things involve making things move and that involves a motor.

Electrical machines uses magnetic fields to produce forces which do mechanical work to produce work the force should be maintained along the displacement and in same direction a solenoid might do that along one dimension but in most of cases w. For example an electric motor works by running current alternately through a coil which pulls on the inner parts to spin an drive shaft. Back to school tips for parents supporting home learners. Electricity in the power cable so the story so far.

Metals like copper have electrons that are easily moved from their orbits. When you pedal your bicycle the dynamo clipped to the wheel spins around inside the dynamo there is a heavy core made from iron wire wrapped tightly around much like the inside of a motor. We know there are billions and billions and billions of atoms. Electrical currents form magnetic fields which can attract or repel other objects.

Yep just as we can make magnets from electricity we can also use magnets to make electricity. Think of two magnets. Now think of putting a magnet on a s. Electricity happens when electrons move from one atom to another.

But heating is only one of the things electric appliances can do. By deb on march 11 2010. 13 ways to make things move. 10 ways to prepare for the future of sales.