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Chapter 20 Problem 20.64

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In 1832, Faraday proposed that the apparatus shown in Figure P20.64 could be used to generate electric current from the water owing in the Thames River.2 Two conducting plates of length a and width b are placed facing one another on opposite sides of the river, a distance w apart and immersed entirely. The ow velocity of the river is , and the vertical component of Earths magnetic eld is B. Show that the current in the load resistor R iswhere is the resistivity of the water. (b) Calculate the short-circuit current (R 0) if a 100 m, b 5.00 m, v 3.00 m/s, B 50.0 T, and 100 m.

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Title College Physics 7 
Author Raymond A. Serway
ISBN 9780495113690

In 1832, Faraday proposed that the apparatus shown in

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