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Q.A circular coil of radius 10 cm, 500 turns and resistance 2 Ohm is placed with its plane perpendicular to the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field. It is rotated about its vertical diameter through 180 degrees in 0.25 s. Estimate the magnitudes of the emf and current induced in the coil. Horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field at the place is 3.0 x 10^-5 T.

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Flipping the coil by 180 degrees reverses the flux through it from +BA to -BA per turn, so the total change in flux linkage is twice N B A; dividing by the time taken gives the average induced emf, and Ohm's law gives the current.

Given: N = 500 turns, radius r = 10 cm = 0.1 m, R = 2 Ohm, rotation time Delta t = 0.25 s, B (horizontal component of Earth's field) = 3.0 x 10^-5 T.

Area A = pi r^2 = pi (0.1)^2 = 0.0314159 m^2

Initial flux linkage (plane perpendicular to B, i.e. normal along B): N B A

After rotating 180 degrees, the normal reverses, so flux linkage becomes -N B A.

Change in flux linkage: Delta(NBA) = N B A - (-N B A) = 2 N B A

= 2 x 500 x 3.0 x 10^-5 x 0.0314159 …

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