Faraday’s law of induction: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Faraday’s law of magnetic induction

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A diagram showing a magnet being moved upward toward a conducting ring, with magnetic field lines passing through the ring. The induced current in the ring creates a magnetic field that opposes the magnet's approach, illustrating Faraday's and Lenz's laws of electromagnetism.

Diagram of Faraday's magnetic induction experiment showing two coils wrapped around a ring, with a switch labeled S in the primary circuit and a compass needle labeled M in the secondary circuit to detect induced current.

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