Felici's law

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In physics, Felici's law states that the net charge through a circuit induced by a changing magnetic field is directly proportional to the difference between the initial and final magnetic flux. The proportionality constant is the electrical conductance $G={\frac {1}{R}}$ . This law is a predecessor of the modern Faraday's law of induction.

History

Felici's Law is named after Riccardo Felici, an Italian physicist and rector of the University of Pisa between 1851 and 1859.^[1]^[2] His research was primarily focused on induction and magnetic effects.

Derivation from Faraday's law of induction

Faraday's law of induction states that the induced electromotive force is,

${\mathcal {E}}=-{\frac {d\Phi _{B}}{dt}}$

By charge conservation, the charge passing through the circuit is,

${\begin{aligned}Q(t)&=\int _{0}^{t}I\,d\tau \\&=\int _{0}^{t}{\frac {\mathcal {E}}{R}}\,d\tau \\&={\frac {1}{R}}\int _{0}^{t}-{\frac {d\Phi _{B}}{dt}}\,d\tau \\&={\frac {1}{R}}[\Phi (0)-\Phi (t)]\end{aligned}}$

where I is the electric current.

Applications

Since the charge depends only on the total change in magnetic flux during the time, and not any instantaneous result, we can apply Felici's law to measure the magnetic flux and thus a constant magnetic field. In the flip-coil method, we wind 'n' overlapping loops in a small ring. We first insert the coil perpendicular to the field and then rotate it 180°. Thus the end magnetic flux is exactly opposite the initial flux since the magnetic field is constant. By Felici's law, for area A and resistance R, we can find the magnetic field B

${\begin{aligned}Q&={\frac {\Delta \Phi }{R}}\\&={\frac {2\Phi }{R}}\\&={\frac {2BnA}{R}}\\B&={\frac {RQ}{2nA}}\end{aligned}}$

Thus, we can calculate the magnetic field based on the measured charge that flows through the coil.

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References

↑ Alberini, Luca (23 November 2015). "Was Riccardo Felici the illegitimate son of Ugo Foscolo?". Lettera Matematica. 3 (4): 213–214. doi:10.1007/s40329-015-0094-0. ISSN 2281-6917. S2CID 192753783.
↑ Bettini, Alessandro (2016). "A Course in Classical Physics 3 — Electromagnetism". Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics: 253–255. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40871-2. ISBN 978-3-319-40870-5. ISSN 2192-4791.

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[1] Alberini, Luca (23 November 2015). "Was Riccardo Felici the illegitimate son of Ugo Foscolo?". Lettera Matematica. 3 (4): 213–214. doi:10.1007/s40329-015-0094-0. ISSN 2281-6917. S2CID 192753783.

[2] Bettini, Alessandro (2016). "A Course in Classical Physics 3 — Electromagnetism". Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics: 253–255. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40871-2. ISBN 978-3-319-40870-5. ISSN 2192-4791.

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