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This experiment enables your smartphone to qualitatively measure the hysteresis curve of an iron core. The iron core is sitting inside a coil. By running a current through the coil the iron core is magnetised. When plotting the current running through the coil against the magnetic field of said coil, a hysteresis effect becomes visible. The current is indirectly measured by the magnetic field of a second coil without iron core, set in a different axis.
 
This experiment enables your smartphone to qualitatively measure the hysteresis curve of an iron core. The iron core is sitting inside a coil. By running a current through the coil the iron core is magnetised. When plotting the current running through the coil against the magnetic field of said coil, a hysteresis effect becomes visible. The current is indirectly measured by the magnetic field of a second coil without iron core, set in a different axis.
 
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==Requirements==
 
==Requirements==
Smartphone (with Phyphox and Magnetic sensors)
 
  
2 coils (same windings e.g. 300)
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- Smartphone (with Phyphox and Magnetic sensors)
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- 2 coils (300 windings)
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- iron core (non-folded)
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- cross switch
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- adjustable power supply (current continuously adjustable)
  
iron core (non-folded)
 
  
cross switch
 
  
adjustable power supply (current continuously adjustable)
 
  
 
==Setup==
 
==Setup==
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To make the experiment work properly the right setup is crucial. The coils must be placed in line of the magnetic sensor of the smartphone (wherever it may be built in) and as near as possible to them. The used current must also be chosen in a way that the sensors don't become saturated:
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'''1. Find the position of the magnetic sensor in your smartphone:'''
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The "Calibration" page can be used for this part. Connect both coils in series to the power supply an position them around the smartphone aligned to the x- and y-axes. Turn the power supply to a low current (so that the sensors won't be damaged) and move the coils around to find the exact position of the magnetic sensor. As an example the figure X shows the position of the sensor in an Iphone SE and the corresponding axes of it.
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Now that the position of the sensor is found, place the coils pointing towards it (in its respective axis) and position them as near as posible to the smartphone. The smartphone might have to be elevated for optimal positioning.
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'''2. Calibrate the setup:'''
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After optimizing the positions of the setup the maximal current must be chosen. Open the "Calibration" page again and slowly increase the current. Choose a maximal current I_max in which no axis of the sensor is saturated (visible plateau altough the current is increasing).
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'''3. Start the experiment:'''
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==Analysis==
 
==Analysis==

Revision as of 13:30, 15 May 2017

Hysteresis Curve of an iron core
Experiment Hysteresis Curve of an iron core
Category Magnetism
Used sensors magnetometer


This experiment enables your smartphone to qualitatively measure the hysteresis curve of an iron core. The iron core is sitting inside a coil. By running a current through the coil the iron core is magnetised. When plotting the current running through the coil against the magnetic field of said coil, a hysteresis effect becomes visible. The current is indirectly measured by the magnetic field of a second coil without iron core, set in a different axis.


Requirements

- Smartphone (with Phyphox and Magnetic sensors)

- 2 coils (300 windings)

- iron core (non-folded)

- cross switch

- adjustable power supply (current continuously adjustable)



Setup

To make the experiment work properly the right setup is crucial. The coils must be placed in line of the magnetic sensor of the smartphone (wherever it may be built in) and as near as possible to them. The used current must also be chosen in a way that the sensors don't become saturated:


1. Find the position of the magnetic sensor in your smartphone:

The "Calibration" page can be used for this part. Connect both coils in series to the power supply an position them around the smartphone aligned to the x- and y-axes. Turn the power supply to a low current (so that the sensors won't be damaged) and move the coils around to find the exact position of the magnetic sensor. As an example the figure X shows the position of the sensor in an Iphone SE and the corresponding axes of it.

Now that the position of the sensor is found, place the coils pointing towards it (in its respective axis) and position them as near as posible to the smartphone. The smartphone might have to be elevated for optimal positioning.

2. Calibrate the setup:

After optimizing the positions of the setup the maximal current must be chosen. Open the "Calibration" page again and slowly increase the current. Choose a maximal current I_max in which no axis of the sensor is saturated (visible plateau altough the current is increasing).


3. Start the experiment:


Analysis

Problems and resolutions

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