To What Extent Do Different Brands Of Batteries Affect The Electric Current Of An Electromagnet

The science experiment that my partner and I are going to test is, do different brands of batteries affect the electric current of an electromagnet? Electromagnets are magnets that can be powered on and off, they can do simple tasks such as ring doorbells to surgically pull a steel splinter from your eye (Stringer). There are many factors that may affect the way electricity flows throughout metals. For example, the number of coils wrapped around the metal object may affect its magnetic strength. Another factor may be the size of the battery, because the stronger the battery is, the more power/voltage it contains which enhances the strength of the electromagnet. The way an electromagnet attracts other objects is also majorly impacted on the …show more content…
Also the different sizes in the batteries both seemed to be able to collect a plethora of clips. As pressure was applied to both sides of the battery, where the electric tape was located, the heat began to significantly increase. The opposite sides of the battery were hot enough to need gloves to be put on, in order to prevent our fingers from burning. If the battery was held for a short period of time, it would cool down nearly immediately, but if it was held for a longer period of time, the entire battery would be warm. Batteries become hot when metal is attached to the opposite ends because of the electrical current pulsing through the wire. Electric current is nothing but the rate of flow of electric charge through a conductor with respect to time. It is caused by drift of free electrons through a conductor to a particular direction (Electric current). The particles that carry charge through wires in a circuit are mobile electrons. The electric field’s direction in a circuit is the direction that positive charges are moving. Thus, these negatively charged electrons move in the direction opposite the electric