Lenz's Law

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When an induced current is generated by a change in magnetic flux, as stated by Farady's Law, the induced current will flow creating its own magnetic field that opposes the magnetic field that created it.

The Main Idea

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A Mathematical Model

Lenz's Law is mathematically modeled as part of Faraday's Law. The negative sign in the equation represents the opposing induced field. [math]\displaystyle{ \epsilon = -{\frac{d\phi}{dt}} }[/math] where \epsilon is the emf of the system and d\phi is the change in the magnetic field.

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History

Henrich Friefrich Emil Lenz (1804-1865), a Russian physicist of German origin was born in Dorpat, nowadays Tartu, Estonia. Henrich studied chemistry and physics at the University of Dorpat in 1820 after his secondary education. From 1823 to 1826, he traveled with the navigator, Otto von Kotzebue on his third expedition around the world. During this journey he studied climate conditions, and properties of seawater. After his travels, he worked at the University of St. Petersburg, Russia, where he later became the Dean of Mathematics and Physics from 1840 to 1863. In the year of 1831, he started studying electromagnetism, and soon after in 1835, what is known today as Lenz's Law was created. Lenz died on February 10, 1865, just two days before his 61st birthday, after suffering a stroke, while in Rome.

See also

Since Lenz's Law and Farady's Law go hand in hand, Faraday's Law would be great supplemental information to read about. Newton's Third Law would also be a topic to read on for further understanding why Lenz's Law exists.

Further reading

Faraday's Law [1] Conservation Laws [2]

References

https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/pioneers/heinrich-friedrich-emil-lenz http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/conser.html http://regentsprep.org/regents/physics/phys08/clenslaw/ http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/farlaw.html