JOURNAL ARTICLE

Exploring Lenz's Law by Using Homemade Apparatus with Smartphones and Sensors.

  • Published In: Physics Teacher, 2025, v. 63, n. 5. P. 368 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Pan, Aqi; Fang, Yi; Zhang, Kaiyang; Tang, Shouping; Tao, Jin 3 of 3

Abstract

The article "Exploring Lenz's Law by Using Homemade Apparatus with Smartphones and Sensors" published in the Physics Teacher journal discusses the phenomenon of magnetic damping as an illustration of Lenz's law. The authors designed an experimental apparatus using metal rings and a neodymium magnet to demonstrate the magnetic damping phenomenon. By using smartphones with sensors and video analysis software, they quantitatively analyzed the experimental data to help students better understand electromagnetic induction principles. The study found that metal rings of different materials have different terminal velocities in a magnetic field, with velocity depending on the density, conductivity of the material, and the magnetic field strength. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Physics Teacher. 2025/05, Vol. 63, Issue 5, p368
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Science
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0031-921X
  • DOI:10.1119/5.0173951
  • Accession Number:184885396
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