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Magnetic forces, magnetic fields, and Faraday's law

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Magnets and Magnetic Force

Magnetic field created by a current

Electric motors

Magnetic flux and Faraday's law

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Magnets and Magnetic Force Magnetic field created by a current Electric motors Magnetic flux and Faraday's law

Magnets and Magnetic Force

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Introduction to magnetism

Magnetic force on a charge

What is magnetic force?

Cross product 1

Cross product 2

Magnetic force on a proton example (part 1)

Magnetic force on a proton example (part 2)

Magnetic force on a current carrying wire

Magnetic field created by a current

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Magnetic field created by a current carrying wire

What are magnetic fields?

Magnetic force between two currents going in the same direction

Magnetic force between two currents going in opposite directions

Induced current in a wire

Electric motors

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Electric motors (part 1)

Electric motors (part 2)

Electric motors (part 3)

The dot product

Dot vs. cross product

Calculating dot and cross products with unit vector notation

Magnetic flux and Faraday's law

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Flux and magnetic flux

What is magnetic flux?

Faraday's Law Introduction

Faraday's Law example

What is Faraday's law?

Emf induced in rod traveling through magnetic field

Faraday's Law for generating electricity