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An Inductor

An inductor is a passive electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field created by a coil of wire. It works by inducing a voltage when the current through it changes, according to Faraday's law of induction, which opposes the change in current. Inductors are used in electronics to delay and reshape alternating currents due to their ability to store energy in a magnetic field.

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An Inductor

An inductor is a passive electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field created by a coil of wire. It works by inducing a voltage when the current through it changes, according to Faraday's law of induction, which opposes the change in current. Inductors are used in electronics to delay and reshape alternating currents due to their ability to store energy in a magnetic field.

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An inductor (also choke, coil or reactor) is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores energy in its magnetic field.

For comparison, a capacitor stores energy in an electric field, and a resistor does not store energy but rather dissipates energy as heat. Any conductor has inductance. An inductor is typically made of a wire or other conductor wound into a coil, to increase the magnetic field. When the current flowing through an inductor changes, creating a time-varying magnetic field inside the coil, a voltage is induced, according to Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, which by Lenz's law opposes the change in current that created it. Inductors are one of the basic components used in electronics where current and voltage change with time, due to the ability of inductors to delay and reshape alternating currents.

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