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Note1: Coil copper inner radius from the center to the first layer of copper. Note the copper inner radius is not same as the bobbin inner radius. Copper inner radius must be larger than bobbin inner radius. See Figure 1 for details.Note 2: Enter the length of the solenoid or coil. This is sometime called coil width. The coil width is same as the bobbin inner width. See Figure 1 for details.Table 1: Copper wire diameter with coated insulation.
Use Table 1 to enter the copper wire diameter.Table 2: Copper wire diameter WITHOUT coated insulation. This is the bare copper diameter. This diameter is used to calculate the resistance more accurately. Use Table 1 to enter the bare copper wire diameter.Note 3: Enter the number of turns in the coil or solenoid.Note 4: Enter the coil current.
If the current is AC, this is the peak current.Note 5: Enter the solenoid/coil operation frequency (sinewave). For DC, just leave the default 1kHz and use the DC parameters calculated below.Note 6: The calculated magnetic at a distance from the center of the coil, see Figure 2.
Enter zero for the magnetic at the center of the coil/solenoid. For example, if the coil bobbin width is 30mm, a distance of 15mm is at the coil edge. Another example, a distance of 25mm means the magnetic field is calculated 10mm outside of the coil (30mm/2+10mm = 25mm).Note 7: Enter the core relative permeability constant, k.
Enter 1 for air core.Note 8: Enter the coil winding density compact factor. If the coil is wound such that the distance between two copper layers is equal to the diameter (Figure 3), the compact factor is equal 1.0.
However, practical wounding is shown in Figure 4. This is the most tightly wound with no space wasted. The ideal compact factor is 0.866. A practical compact factor range is 0.88 to 1.0. Typical compact factor is 0.9.Note 9: Calculated magnetic field at a distance from the coil center. See note 6.Note 10: Calculated coil height. This is the minimum bobbin height.Note 11: DC coil resistance in Ohm.
It is calculated at room temperature. Resistance is further increase at higher temperature.Note 12: Coil inductance in micro- Henry (uH).Note 13: Total coil impedance magnitude. It is calculated using inductance, frequency, and resistance.Note 14: This is the minimum voltage needed to drive the coil. It is calculated using DC resistance. Note DC resistance is calculated at room temperature.
As resistance is increase at hot, higher voltage is needed. Note higher voltage is need for AC waveform using the an amplifier driver such as the, because resistance increase rapidly at higher frequency. Note 15: This is the capacitance needed to form an LC resonant tank.
The coil impedance is reduced or canceled using this series resonant capacitor (Figure 5). Click here for more information about. It is calculated using the coil inductance and the user input frequency.Note 16: At resonant the voltage across the capacitor may be very large. This is the peak voltage across the capacitor.
Therefore this is the minimum capacitor voltage rating.Note 17: This is the calculated coil power dissipation (in watts) for the DC current case. High power dissipation will increase the copper wire temperature and the resistance as discussed in Note 11.Note 18: If the coil is driven by an AC driver such as the TS250, the RMS power dissipation is calculated using the user input (peak) current to calculate the RMS current and then calculate the RMS power. High power dissipation will increase the copper wire temperature and the resistance as discussed Note 11.
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Imagine a bar magnet inside Earth, more or less aligned with the axis, where the ends of that magnet lie close to the geographic North and South poles of the planet. The magnetic field lines travel from the north pole of the magnet, looping back around to go back in toward the south pole. At each pole, the magnetic field lines are nearly vertical.While there is definitely not a magnetic bar inside Earth, the same phenomenon occurs around the Earth, creating a protective area around the entire planet called the, according to. Earth's magnetosphere and solar wind and is responsible for the beautiful auroral displays seen at the high latitudes of the Northern and Southern hemispheres.Earth's magnetic and geographic poles are situated opposite of one another. In other words, Earth's magnetic south pole is actually near the. So when we use a compass to determine our location, the compass needle actually points toward the south magnetic pole when in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the north magnetic pole in the Southern Hemisphere.
The magnetic poles aren't fixed and wander a bit across the surface of the planet with respect to the geographic poles. About 75 percent of the intensity of Earth's magnetic field is represented by the 'magnetic bar.' The other 25 percent of the intensity of Earth's magnetic field, which can be thought of as smaller bar magnets that are moving around, comes from smaller portions of moving magma and may be what allows the poles to move.Based on in February 2019, the magnetic north pole is located at 86.54 N 170.88 E, within the Arctic Ocean and heading from Canada toward Siberia. The magnetic south pole is located at 64.13 S 136.02 E, just off the coast of Antarctica in the direction of Australia. Where does the field come from?While still a bit of a mystery, scientists generally agree that the magnetic field of the Earth starts of the planet. The outer core of the planet is made up of molten metals, primarily iron, which is a conductor.'
Churning, molten metal in the outer core generates the magnetic field by what is known as dynamo action,' said Aleksey Smirnov, a geophysics professor at Michigan Technological University.Dynamo action, or the dynamo theory, describes the way a planet can sustain a magnetic field. The dynamo, or source of the magnetic field, is created by a rotating, convecting and electrically conducting material, such as the molten iron.' There are a lot of ionized atoms and free electrons roaming around, plus there is a complex form of convection going on in the interior, combined with Earth's natural rotation — there are a lot of moving charges,' said Doug Ingram, a physics and astronomy professor at Texas Christian University.Scientists believe that the charges created by the moving metallic material move around Earth's equatorial region in a circular motion which generates the north and south magnetic poles at the surface, said Ingram. (Image credit: Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester)Why do the poles move?Earth's dynamo is persistent, but unstable. Right now, the magnetic field is rapidly changing, with the magnetic north pole making a sudden. Since the 1990s, the magnetic north pole has shifted about 35 miles (55 km) per year, on average, according to a 2019 study published in the journal.Disturbances in the flowing, metallic magma might be the cause of the instabilities in the magnetic field which may lead to such pole shifts, according to Smirnov. The movement of the liquid iron deep under Canada may slightly weaken the magnetic field in that location, which is what's allowing the north magnetic pole to move toward Siberia, the Nature article states.Other electromagnetic anomalies can be seen all over the world, such as in southern where a magnetic field disturbance, similar to an eddy in a stream, may be caused by a denser portion of the mantle near the boundary with the planet's liquid outer core.
History of pole shifting and reversalWhile the poles are constantly shifting, they have also completely reversed at least a few hundred times within the last 3 billion years, according to. During this process, which typically occurs every 200,000 to 300,000 years over the course of at a time, the magnetic field becomes squashed and pulled with multiple poles sprouting up randomly over the surface of the Earth. The last full reversal occurred about 780,000 years ago.The history of the magnetic field, including shifts and reversals, is evidenced in the geologic record. Metals found in rocks, including iron, align with the magnetic field before molten rocks solidify or as fragments that contain the magnetic metals aligned with the magnetic field and settle in layers of sedimentary rocks.' Since the Earth is a dynamic and ever-changing place, new rocks, and their magnetic records, have been generated constantly throughout geologic time,' Smirnov said, adding that these records can be preserved for millions or billions of years.Similar records are found on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean where new seafloor is constantly being created at the mid-Atlantic ridge.'
As the lava wells up to the surface through the long crack that makes up the ridge, it is molten, and the iron particles suspended in the lava orient themselves in the direction of Earth's prevailing magnetic field,' Ingram said. As the lava solidifies, it locks the metal deposits in place, and thus, creates a historic record of the shifts and reversals of Earth's magnetic field.What do these wandering and flipping poles mean for life on our planet? There are no drastic changes present in the fossil record for either plant or animal life during both shifts and reversals, according to NASA, which suggests that the effects of pole reversal on life are minimal. Although, there is some speculation among scientists that during periods of decreased magnetic field strength, more cosmic radiation could have reached Earth's surface and caused an increased rate of genetic mutation and therefore, gave evolution a boost, Smirnov said.Additional resources:. Watch this cool from NASA's Scientific Visualization Lab.
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