Smt356 Videocassette 2

Synopsis

A: Demonstrates the power of Gauss’s Law both in the way it can be used to help to calculate the electric field near some arrangements of charge and to understand what is going on in some practical situations. Discusses the use of Gauss’s Law to explain how it is possible to charge up an isolated hollow metal sphere to a very high potential.
B: Examines the shape of the electric potential function V in the neighbourhood of a point charge and electric dipole.
C: Explores some of the basic properties of dielectrics. Unlike and electrical conductor in which electrons are free to move throughout a material, a dielectric is another term for an electric insulator, where electrons are not free to move from atom to atom or from molecule to molecule. Shows one of the many technological applications for dielectrics - the increase in capacitance of a capacitor when a dielectric is inserted into it.
D: Investigates by practical experiment the torques exerted on magnetic dipoles - a test coil and a bar magnet - by other magnetic dipoles - a source coil and the earth.
E: A case study of magnetic spectrometry at the Daresbury Nuclear Structure Facility, which employs very large bending magnets to direct charged ions in various experiments. This study involves the measurement of tiny concentrations of the chlorine-36 radioisotope present in geological samples.
F: Shows how electromagnets and permanent magnets are used to grasp, lift and deposit large chunks of steel at a scrapyard and ingot store at Stocksbridge Engineering Steels, Rotherham. Demonstrates the tear-off forces needed to overcome the magnatic attraction of a steel plate to an electromagnet at different electric currents. Looks at safety in the scrapyard and at the properties of a high-remanence material such as ‘alnico’, an alloy of iron aluminium, nickel and cobalt, presented as a suitable core material for an electro-permanent magnet.

Series

Electromagnetism, Course Smt356

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min.

Year of production

1991

Availability

Sale; 1999 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Documentation

Accompanying booklet.

Subjects

Physics

Keywords

electromagnetism; magnets

Sections

Title

Gauss’s law and electrostatics

Title

Band A

Title

Fields and potentials

Title

Band B

Title

Dielectrics

Title

Band C

Title

Magnetic fields

Title

Band D

Title

Bending magnets

Title

Band E

Title

Grip of iron, A

Title

Band F

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

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