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Meters, loudspeakers and microphones
Physics · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes
Describe applications of the magnetic effect in meters and sound devices.
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- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
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Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Magnets and domain theory
- Magnetisation and demagnetisation
- Magnetic field due to a current
- Magnetic field patterns of coils
- Electromagnets
- Strength of an electromagnet
- Making an electromagnet
- The force on a current-carrying conductor
- Motor effect calculations
- The electric motor
- The electric bell and the relay
- Meters, loudspeakers and microphones
- Circuit breakers and the vehicle alternator
- Review of the magnetic effect of a current