First of all, let it be known that my motor did not function at all. In the rest of this post I will explain the motor's use and how to make one using my peers' experiences with this project.
The parts that we used for this mini motor were:
- paperclips
- an Energizer battery
- coil of wire
- a strong magnet
- black tape
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| Taken from Cori's Blog |
The paperclips were used to connect the battery to the coil of wire for it to complete a circuit because a conductor is necessary for a circuit to be completed.
The Energizer battery provides current for the whole system to function.
The coil of wire's use is to carry the current through the whole system and when it actually works, the coil of wire//motor loop is supposed to spin.
The strong magnet creates a magnetic field which creates a force on the coil of wire and causes it to spin.
The black tape, shown in the image, was used to keep the whole thing together and to connect some parts.
Because a motor has a current carrying wire
that feels a force because of the magnetic field from the magnet, the more wire and stronger magnet, the stronger the force. This force comes from the coil of wire which changes the direction of
the magnetic field. The coil of the wire was scaraped on one side on both
ends so that the current in the coil of the wire would change the direction each time it turned halfway.
The motor turns because it has a magnet which causes a magnetic field//force. Also, the coil of wire had to be facing vertically because it had to be perpendicular to the magnet.
In the future, this motor project could be used to make something that moves if you attach wheels or maybe if you connect it to something else, it can become some kind of generator.
My motor did not work because I think we did not scrape our wire enough and also I don't think we wrapped it the way it was supposed to be done. We did make our system similar to this one because we used the same parts ecept for the rubber bands but I believe this was the main issue.
Once again, I'd like to thank Cori for sharing her blog and here is a video of how hers worked.
The motor turns because it has a magnet which causes a magnetic field//force. Also, the coil of wire had to be facing vertically because it had to be perpendicular to the magnet.
In the future, this motor project could be used to make something that moves if you attach wheels or maybe if you connect it to something else, it can become some kind of generator.
My motor did not work because I think we did not scrape our wire enough and also I don't think we wrapped it the way it was supposed to be done. We did make our system similar to this one because we used the same parts ecept for the rubber bands but I believe this was the main issue.
Once again, I'd like to thank Cori for sharing her blog and here is a video of how hers worked.
Take a look at a different way this could have been done.
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