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Back EMF in electromagnetic coil

I am trying to quantify the back EMF generated while actuating an electromagnetic coil, this would be included in a general calculation to estimate the coil output under a variety of conditions. My ...
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Current through a solenoid: magnetic field gives a staircase graph

We were running current through a solenoid coil with an iron core, and measuring the resultant magnetic field strength. We expected a purely linear relation for the "current-field strength" ...
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Misunderstanding of Lenz's law

The increasing current (and hence increasing flux and changing magnetic field) in the outer solenoid induce a current in the inner solenoid. The current in the outer solenoid produces a magnetic ...
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