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Electricity and Magnets: Electromagnetism

variable electromagnet
Photons as carriers of the electromagnetic force
Number of batteries and electromagnet strength
Static and Moving electricity
Magnetic field strength at the end of a solenoid
Field direction inside a solenoid
magnetic field in solenoid
Stronger electromagnets with more turns
electromagnet
cell phone interference
plasma ball radio interference
Coiling a magnet
crazy as a turntable
home-made magnet
superconducting transformers
How do you make a magnet
Electromagnetics
Maxwell’s Laws
Electromagnetism
Fun with Electromagnetism
Electromagnetic Induction and Windmills
Alternating Current and Magnets
Linear Accelerator
Electromagnets
Powering-Up Home-Made Electromagnets
Why there are no dc transformers
transformers
A big magnet and the city of the future
Electromagnetic energy and cell phones
wavey vision?
Induction
Electromagnets at Home
Controlling the Poles of a Magnet
magnetism and relativity
magnetic energy storage
field multiplications
electromagnet
How electrical circuits work
Finding out which is the North pole of an electromagnet
magnetic forces on conductors
can magnets do work?
origin of magnetism
currents in demagnetization
induction and eddy currents
microwave magnets
inductance of counter-wound coil
are electromagnetic waves sinusoidal?
light and force
Which particle is mediated in electrostatic force?
rotating charges
There Is Only One Type of Magnetic Field
momentum conservation with electromagnetism
Earth's gravity and magnetism
practical cyclotron problems
field strength and field lines
light losing energy
Lorentz-contracted current
how far do magnets interact?
car trigger wheels
microwaves and dry ice
energy conservation in magnets
What produces a magnetic field?
Blocking 2.4 -- 5 GHhz radiation
electromagnetic induction and current
Why does the power remain constant in a transformer?
how do electrons lose energy?
no aluminum core transformers
Can light induce a voltage in a coil?
Is current a scaler or vector quantity?
loss of field after turning off magnet current
magnetic flow meters: how do they work?
Joule thieves
voltage on mercury flowing in magnet
charged particle through torus
Why do we call positive charge positive and negative change negative?
particle and antiparticle magnetic fields
spinning water with a magnet and current
Can you make an electro-magnet with mercury?
fields from charge and current distributions
heating from magnetic eddy currents
conservation of momentum and electromagnetism
light through magnetic nano-torus
intuition and magnetic fields
Magnetic and electric lines of force
fun with delicate magnets
Can you push light with a magnetic or electric field?
Can electromagnetic waves have magnetic monopoles?
relative motion and electromagnetism
Can we calculate radioactive decays?
Spinning a magnet about its axis
how to increase eddy current braking
Why do electrical signals travel fast?
Eddy current braking
Why doesn't DC work with a transformer?
energy nodes in propagating wave
magnetically induced currents in copper pipe
Generation and harmful effects of Tera-Hertz waves
Are there shockwaves of light like sonic booms?
Spins in a Stern-Gerlach experiment
Force of light
what sets the electron charge?
why is Coulomb's law inverse square?
magnets and work on current loops
low self-inductance
induction stove tops
what materials feel the Casimir effect?
Coulomb's law and Gauss' law
mu-metal transformer core
magnets under microwaves
Earth's magnetic field
why is the magnetic force perpendicular to the motion
are photons charged?
magnetism and relativity
Does magnetism travel through all materials?
Why isn't my electromagnet working?
electromagnetic energy loss
gravity from extreme magnetism
Why do moving charges produce magnetic fields?
magnets and eddy currents
flowing saltwater in magnets
energy flow in a dc circuit
Relativistic transformations of electric and magnetic fields
electromagnetic motors and free energy
Does a photon have momentum?
Why inverse square distance in Coulomb law?
Trying to shield iron from the TSA?
Ed Leedskalnin and magnets?
electron radiation from Bohr atom
Lorentz contraction and current
radio waves move plasma
induction heating
momentum of light and weirdness
cell phone photons
ac magnet poles
magnetic action at a distance
mercury motor
eddy-current motor
Boiling oil in a microwave?
Radio-frequency photons
DC input to a transformer?
generating electricity with a magnet
mass and speed
why is light transverse?
magnetic charge and Maxwell's equations
momentum kick from flashlight
harm from blue-tooth?
electromagnetism without constraints
light carrying particles
Lenz's Law: magnets slowed by eddy current
Discover Magazine covers magnetism in Baloney
what is a theory of gravity and magnetism?
thermal radiation isolation?
faster than speed of light?
electron spin resonance
Does the photon have a structure?
Light transmission through three polarizers
Why string theory?
why constant speed of light
electric and magnetic transforms
inductance losses
Magnetically induced electric current
energy from Earth's field
Maxwell and c.
Gauss' Law
Field of a single particle?
waves and fields
magnetism and relativity
solenoid field
magnetic motions
sources of electric field
solenoid ends
magnetism and relativity
conductors and magnets
EMF, Potential Difference, Terminal Potential?
unbalanced electromagnetic forces?
Fleming's rule
Gaussian surface
relativistic induction
picking wire gauge
why fundamental constant values?
More on magnetic forces
Different forms of magnetic force
Helical paths in a magnetic field.
magnetic monopoles
Electromagnet did not work
Velocity of light in media
quantized E-M
electromagnetic reflection
casimir tricks?
How not to make an LED
simple generator
magnetic generators
Steering electrons in a cathode ray tube.
magnet drive?
Magnetic field calculation
Magnetic field calculation
Electromagnetic induction and cooking
cathode ray discovery
Cathode rays are different than light
Magnetic field of a solenoid
green stars?
Standing waves in cylindrical cavities.
light and dark
electromagnetic waves
Electromagnetic forces on charged particles
hot electromagnets
perpetual motion
magnets and currents
cordless power
light and sound in space
vector operations
Debugging an electromagnet that doesn’t work
Faraday's law of induction
Wireless electricity?
Making a magnetic field
Twisted Wires

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