ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

CITY OF ILAGAN – CAMPUS

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE AND
TECHNOLOGY

TITLE:
HOMEMADE MAGNET

PRESENTED TO:
ENGINEER. GRACE BACQUIRAN

PRESENTED BY:

AMIEL P. GARCIA
WARENT J. LUMBABI
ISRAEL M. TANGGAO
JOSHUA SIBAYAN
MARIEDAY LOPEZ
QUIRR AFALLA
EMMANUEL YAQUITEN
INTRODUCTION:

We know that electricity is a form of energy resulting from the existence of

charged particles (such as electrons and protons), either statically as an
accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current. It’s not often that you
can make something so complex out of such simple materials. Electricity
and magnetism have been used of people everywhere to do work for a very
long time. The funny thing is that both are complicated and very few really
understand either one. It’s probably easiest just to put the pieces together and
then be amazed at what they can do together.

MOLECULAR THEORY:

Most magnets, like the ones on many refrigerators, cannot be turned off,
they are called permanent magnets. Magnets like the one you made that can
be turned on and off, are called ELECTROMAGNETS. The electricity
flowing through the wire arranges the molecules in the nail so that they are
attracted to certain metals. NEVER get the wires of the electromagnet near
at household outlet! Be safe- have fun.

MATERIALS:

 A large iron nail

 Thin coated copper wire
 A fresh D size battery or any batteries
 Some paper clips or other small magnetic object
METHODOLOGY:

 Touch the nail to the paper clips to make sure it’s not magnetic. You
can stir the clips with the nail but it won’t pick them up at all.

 Leave about 8 inches of wire loose at one end and wrap most of the
rest of the wire around the nail. You want to make the coils tight and
close to each other so there are no gaps between them. About 2/3 of
the nail should be wrapped in wire.
 Introduce a current into the wire by holding the bare wire ends to the
poles of the battery.
 With the wire connected to the battery, pass the nail through the paper
clips again and note changes in what happens. Your homemade
magnet picks up the paper clip.

RESULT AND DISCUSSION:

What you created using the tightly wound wire around the nail is called a
solenoid. When an electric current passes through the wire, it creates a
magnetic field in the metal core (the nail). When the wire is wrapped around
the iron nail and the battery is strong enough, you create a simple
electromechanical solenoid. These “electro” magnets are typically weak but
are useful over short distances – like picking up paperclips. Electromagnets
can, however, be made to become very powerful magnets that have
industrial applications.
CONCLUSION:

Therefore we conclude our experiment is effective because the nail is

attracting the paperclips with the use of batteries, these why it forms the
what we called electromagnets. This type of experiment shows us the
magnetic field is produced by an electric current. The magnetic fields
disappears when the current is turned off. Electromagnets usually consist of
wire wound into a coil.

REFERENCE:

http://sciencebob.com