The wire is wound tightly around a non magnetic iron or steel core ferromagnetic in science terms.
Insulated copper wire for electromagnet.
Some of the copper wire needs to be exposed so that the battery can make a good electrical connection.
Three meters 10 ft of 22 gauge insulated stranded copper wire.
Aluminum wire is more conductive than copper wire but it also degrades faster.
Step 2 remove some insulation.
Because electricity travels on the outside of copper wire these wires are insulated to protect against fire and shock.
You have to make sure the copper wire insulation is good.
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Insulated copper wire is used to create an electromagnet.
You are correct.
It will definitely work.
Use a pair of wire strippers to remove a few centimeters of insulation from each end of.
It is very thin wire that is coated with a varnish insulator most often red.
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One or more d cell batteries.
A coil of insulated wire around a soft iron core forms an electromagnet if a dc voltage is applied and current is passed through the wire.
Then connect the ends to a 9v battery.
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To make an electromagnet wrap several inches of copper wire around an iron nail leaving 2 3 inches of wire loose on each end.
If you have 22 26 awg wire already you could make an electromagnet by wrapping the wire tightly around a nail.
Next use wire strippers to remove some of the insulation from both ends of the wire.
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Otherwise there is a possibility of short circuit between the wire and iron piece.
Older wire could be aluminum or copper clad aluminum.
Why is wire better than copper wire on an electromagnet.
If the wire is uninsulated it becomes a giant shorted blob of copper and the current takes a short cut and does not go through the coils and does not create a magnetic field.
You can try the famous ringing bell we learn in our physical science classes.
Insulation makes sure that the current takes the path through the coils as intended.
A pair of wire strippers.
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