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Eddy Currents: Levitation, Metal Detectors, and Induction Heating
Wouch, G.; Lord, A. E., Jr.
American Journal of Physics, 46, 5, 464-6, May 78
A simple and accessible calculation is given of the effects of eddy currents for a sphere in the field of a single circular loop of alternating current. These calculations should help toward the inclusion of eddy current effects in upper undergraduate physics courses. (BB)
Descriptors: College Science, Computation, Electricity, Higher Education, Instruction, Magnets, Mathematics, Physics, Science Education
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