Figure 28-56 shows a homopolar generator, which has a solid conducting disk as rotor and

Chapter 28, Problem 87

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Figure 28-56 shows a homopolar generator, which has a solid conducting disk as rotor and which is rotated by a motor (not shown). Conducting brushes connect this emf device to a circuit through which the device drives current. The device can produce a greater emf than wire loop rotors because they can spin at a much higher angular speed without rupturing. The disk has radius R 0.250 m and rotation frequency f 4000 Hz, and the device is in a uniform magnetic field of magnitude B 60.0 mT that is perpendicular to the disk. As the disk is rotated, conduction electrons along the conducting path (dashed line) are forced to move through the magnetic field. (a) For the indicated rotation, is the magnetic force on those electrons up or down in the figure? (b) Is the magnitude of that force greater at the rim or near the center of the disk? (c) What is the work per unit charge done by that force in moving charge along the radial line, between the rim and the center? (d) What, then, is the emf of the device? (e) If the current is 50.0 A, what is the power at which electrical energy is being produced? iBBrush BrushConducting path Figure 28-56 87.