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12.4 Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday’s Law
12.3 Magnetism and Current-Carrying Wires
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A 3D perspective line drawing of a rectangular dynamics cart on a straight horizontal track. On top of the cart is a flat rectangular wire loop. The side of the loop perpendicular to the track is labeled 'w', and the side parallel to the track is labeled 'L'. Two wires lead from the loop to a small rectangular box labeled 'Voltage Sensor'. A box labeled 'Motion Detector' sits at the far left end of the track, facing the cart. A region of the track to the right of the cart is shaded gray and filled with uniformly spaced 'x' marks indicating a magnetic field directed downward into the track. A large label 'B' points to this region. An arrow labeled 'v' points from the cart to the right, toward the magnetic field region. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Figure 1. Cart with wire loop approaching a magnetic field.
A group of students is investigating electromagnetic induction. They have a rectangular loop of wire with a single turn, having a known width \(w\) and length \(L\). The loop is securely mounted flat on top of a non-conducting dynamics cart that can roll along a horizontal track. A large permanent magnet assembly creates a uniform magnetic field of magnitude \(B\) directed vertically downward over a specific region of the track, as shown in Figure 1. The magnetic field outside this region is negligible. The students want to experimentally determine the magnitude of the magnetic field \(B\) by moving the cart into the field region.

The following equipment is available:
- The cart with the wire loop, track, and magnet assembly
- A motion detector with a computer interface
- A voltage sensor with a computer interface
- A stopwatch and a meterstick
- Assorted connecting wires

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