Excellent Electromagnets

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License: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Excellent Electromagnets The Brainy Boffins
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08 Feb, 2009

Duration: 02:24
Team: The Brainy Boffins
Region: London

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Categories:
Demonstration , Explanation , Make & Do , Physics , Primary

How to make an electromagnet, and what it can do.

Director's Notes:

We can magnetise an iron rod by coiling an insulated wired around it as part of an electric circuit.

Activity from: The Little Giant Book of Science Experiments, by H. J. Press (Amazon UK link).

SciCast Notes:

Best. Last. Line. Ever.

— Jonathan