Ea-9 Attraction and Repulsion Currents
Aim
To demonstrate that currents will attract or repel depending whether they are parallel or anti-parallel.
Apparatus
- Stand
- Aluminium Foil Strips
- D.C. Lecturn Power Supply or Battery
- Switch
Parallel Currents Apparatus
Description
The apparatus is set-up as above. When the currents are running parallel the aluminium foil strips will be attracted to each other. When they are anti-parallel they will repel.