Faraday Motor demonstration

In the early 1800s, physicist Michael Faraday invented the first device to convert electrical energy into mechanical motion. This is an easily built version of his motor. The magnet sets up a magnetic field, and the electrical current through the screw sets up a separate electromagnetic field around the screw. The two fields react and the result is rotation.

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[ActiveStorage]

description says "...the two fields react and the result is rotation"

i dont think it's a correct description. i might be wrong but, as far as i can see the magnet is attached to the screw, therefore they can be considered one body structure. Those fields must be really strong to allow the screw and the magnet to rotate independently from each other. From what i saw i would say the electromagnetic field on the tip of the wire reacts with magnetic field of the magnet, as well as

[ActiveStorage]

as well as magnetic field on the tip of the screw reacts with the electromagnetic field of the battery.

im no scientist so please correct me if im wrong. I wanna know the actual answer

[youtuuba]

I cannot illustrate this well in words, and YouTube is not a great place to educate others on fine details, so this will be my last attempt. You might want to read up on the Faraday motor in other places. Any electric motor rotates because of the attraction/repulsion between two magnetic fields; must be, regardless of how it looks. In this motor, one field is clearly the electromagnetic field around the screw, which circles the screw like small rings slipped over it; this........

[youtuuba]

....does not change with rotation. For the motor to work, the other magnetic field must be coming from the permanent magnet, and that second field must be oriented in such a way that it has the necessary attraction/repulsion to the screw's field. Does not even need to be a perfect attraction, just enough to result in some motion, and here the mass and friction are very low, so even a tiny force will overcome them and result in motion. It IS hard to visualize the field shapes.

[kershaw89]

faraday was the man

[djbulldognyc]

This is excellent. It's very clear and precise and very helpful to a physics student or a new science teacher who may want to try it. Thanks for posting it.

[MrDeamon1]

Look for a cheap remote control car, should be strong magnets, round, in there. Servos that angle the wheels

[Kutluhan Saruhan]

i cant find circle magnet

[Halil Karabacak]

süpperrrrrrrrr



[lololulali]

Que te pinchas?

[djmarcos702]

is me or did something flash at 0:54

[darkmaster11231]

weird and stupid

[Imtheonlykody]

good job

[Imtheonlykody]

good job

[Edward Lorilla]

where can i find a magnet