INDUCTANCE

INDUCTANCE
INDUCTUANCE
An inductor is a passive component which stores
the electrical energy in the magnetic field when the
electric current passes through it. Or we can say that
the inductor is an electrical device which possesses
the inductance.
The inductor is made of wire which has the property
of inductance, i.e., opposes the flow of current. The
inductance of wire increases by increasing the
number of turns. The alphabet ‘L’ is used for
representing the inductor, and it is measured in
Henry. The inductance characterizes the inductor.
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The electric current I flows through the coil
generates the magnetic field around it. Consider the
magnetic field generates the flux Φ when current
flows through it. The ratio of the flux and the
current gives inductances.
The inductance of the circuit depends on the current

paths and the magnetic permeability of the nearer
material. The magnetic permeability shows the
ability of the material to forms the magnetic field.
TYPES OF INDUCTOR
The inductor is classified into two types.
• Air Cored Inductor (wound on non-ferrite
component) – The inductor in which either
the core is completely absent or ceramic
material is used for making the core such
type of inductor is known as the air-cored
inductor.
TYPES OF INDUCTOR
The ceramic material has the very low thermal
coefficient of expansion. The low thermal
coefficient of expansion means the shape of
material remains same even with the rise of
temperature. The ceramic material has no
magnetic properties. The permeability of the
inductor remains same due to the ceramic
material.
TYPES OF INDUCTOR
In air core-inductor, the only work of the core
is to give the coil a particular shape. The air
cored structure has many advantages like they
reduce the core losses and increases the
quality factor. The air cored inductor is used
for high-frequency applications work where
low inductance is required.
TYPES OF INDUCTOR
Iron Core Inductor (wound on ferrite core) – It
is a fixed value inductor in which the iron core is
kept between the coil. The iron-cored inductor is
used in the filter circuit for smoothing out the
ripple voltage, it is also used as a choke in
fluorescent tube light, in industrial power
supplies and inverter system etc.
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How Inductor Works?
The inductor is an electrical device used for storing the
electrical energy in the form of the magnetic field. It is
constructed by wounding the wire on the core. The
cores are made of ceramic material, iron or by the air.
The core may be toroidal or E- shaped.
The coil-carrying the electric current induces the

magnetic field around the conductor. The intensity of
the magnetic field increases if the core is placed
between the coil. The core provides the low reluctance
path to the magnetic flux.
SELF AND MUTUAL INDUCTUANCE
• Self-inductance: Self inductance is defined as
the phenomenon in which a change in electric
current in a circuit produces an induced electro-
motive-force in the same circuit.
• Mutual-inductance: Mutual inductance is an
inductive effect where a change in current in one
circuit causes a change in voltage across a
second circuit as a result of a magnetic field that
links both circuits. Mutual induction is the basic
operating principal of transformers, motors,
relays etc.
LENZ’S LAW
Lenz's law, named after the physicist Emil Lenz
who formulated it in 1834, states that the
direction of the electric current which is induced
in a conductor by a changing magnetic field is
such that the magnetic field created by the
induced current opposes the initial changing
magnetic field.
LENZ’S LAW
It is a qualitative law that specifies the direction of
induced current, but states nothing about its
magnitude. Lenz's law explains the direction of many
effects in electromagnetism, such as the direction of
voltage induced in an inductor or wire loop by a
changing current, or the drag force of eddy currents
exerted on moving objects in a magnetic field.
Lenz's law may be seen as analogous to Newton's third

law in classical mechanics.

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The inductance of the circuit depends on the current

The coil-carrying the electric current induces the

Lenz's law may be seen as analogous to Newton's third

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