EL-6 ‘WESTMINSTER’ ELECTROMAGNETIC KIT

The Westminster approach to teaching electromagnetism has proven to be successful, motivational, stimulating and educationally valuable.

This is a comprehensive students’ kit containing all the essential apparatus fr the basic experiments in magnetism.

The complete kit is a standard pack, sufficient for 8 students.

The kit includes:

• 8 Anisotropic alloy magnets
• 8 Anisotropic ceramic ferrite magnets
• 4 Steel magnet yokes
• 6 Plotting compasses
• 4 Hardboard formers for compasses
• 1 Bottle of iron fillings
• 4 Iron filling dispensers
• 4 Pairs of C-cores
• 4 C-Core clips
• 4 Aluminium rings
• 4 Aluminium rings, split
• 4 Support bases
• 4 Armature with axle tubes
• 8 Split pins
• 16 Rivets
• 4 Axle shafts
• 1 Latex rubber tubing
• 4 Wooden former for coils
• 4 Cello tape rolls
• 4 Reels of PVC insulated wire, 26SWG
• 4 White paste board sheets
• 4 Plain postcard sheets
• 1 Reel of white cotton thread
• 4 each of Carbon resistances, 100Ω and 10 Ω, 0.5W each.
• 10 MES bulbs
• 5 Neon bulbs
• 8 MES lamp holders
• 1 Each of a wooden clamp and a wooden block.

The kit is useful for a number of experiments, such as those involving the:

• General investigation of magnets
• Investigation of the magnetic field due to magnets
• Investigation of the magnetic field due to electric current, including simple galvanometers, electromagnets and vibrators
• Forces on currents in magnetic fields including: moving coil ammeter; simple electric motor construction and use; electromagnetic induction- the dynamo.
• Alternating current: transformers and power line
• Eddy current and damping and
• Force between currents.