{"id":10563,"date":"2024-09-13T08:26:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T08:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/?page_id=10563"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:39:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:39:28","slug":"oersteds-experiment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/science-center\/oersteds-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Oersted&#8217;s Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10563\" class=\"elementor elementor-10563\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a7ca4d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a7ca4d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b1b4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78b1b4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Oersted's Experiment<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f0ebf4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"42f0ebf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-544b4ba0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"544b4ba0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19980bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19980bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76fe2c52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76fe2c52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1819 a Danish scientist named Hans Christian Oersted discovered a close relationship between electricity and magnetism with this experiment. The new knowledge led to the study of electromagnetism.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-503030d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"503030d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-494cf890 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"494cf890\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d7862f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d7862f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Materials You Will Need:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a class=\"anchorhover\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Energizer\u00ae Power Pack\"><em>Energizer<\/em><sub>\u00ae<\/sub>\u00a0Power Pack<\/a><\/li><li>Switch or alternate commercial knife blade switch<\/li><li>Cork \u2013 \u00bc\u201d slice off large end of \u00be\u201d cork<\/li><li>Small non-metallic bowl<\/li><li>No. 22 insulated copper wire<\/li><li>One horseshoe or bar magnet<\/li><li>One needle<\/li><li>Modeling clay<\/li><li>Tape<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa792fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa792fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ac476f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ac476f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9ec34d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9ec34d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Rub from the middle to the pointed end of the needle along one side of the magnet. Make sure to rub in the same direction 30-40 times to magnetize the tip of the needle. Test the needle magnetization by trying to pick up another needle. If you can pick up the second needle you are ready to put your compass together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ad7ae1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ad7ae1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c6a407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c6a407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Rub-from-the-middle.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10573\" alt=\"Rub from the middle\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e0282f4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e0282f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a0846f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a0846f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41793fb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41793fb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Fill-the-bowl-with-water.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10574\" alt=\"Fill the bowl with water\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da3ab6d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4da3ab6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e21f34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16e21f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. Fill the bowl with water. Tape the needle on the cork and place the cork in the bowl.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba84d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ba84d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c57be42 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c57be42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dcee4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dcee4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. Move the magnet around the bowl and observe how the needle reacts to the magnet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba170be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba170be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451238e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"451238e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Move-the-magnet-around.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10575\" alt=\"Move the magnet around\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b36f2c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28b36f2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561c6c66 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"561c6c66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20495856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"20495856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"166\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Place-a-wire-on-top.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10576\" alt=\"Place a wire on top\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3841594b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3841594b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb44f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bb44f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4. Place a wire on top of the dish and secure it with clay as illustrated. Connect one end of the wire to the switch and the other to the (+) of the \u201cPower Pack\u201d. Connect another wire from the switch to the negative (-) of the \u201cPower Pack\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f850ed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11f850ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3478282 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3478282\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c39094c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c39094c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>5. Close the switch momentarily and observe how the needle moves then re-open the switch. Do not leave the switch on for extended periods. There is low resistance in the circuit and the batteries will heat up if the circuit is closed for more than a few seconds at a time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77d976ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77d976ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f429cfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f429cfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Close-the-switch-momentarily.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10577\" alt=\"Close the switch momentarily\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4999de93 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4999de93\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2080abca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2080abca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c98e02e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c98e02e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When the switch is closed the current flowing through the circuit creates a magnetic field around the wire. The magnetic needle reacts to the magnetic field in the circuit and turns perpendicular to the wire. This experiment is one of the most important in the utilization of electric power as it led to the discovery of electromagnetism and the development of the electric motor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oersted&#8217;s Experiment In 1819 a Danish scientist named Hans Christian Oersted discovered a close relationship between electricity and magnetism with this experiment. The new knowledge led to the study of electromagnetism. Materials You Will Need: Energizer\u00ae\u00a0Power Pack Switch or alternate commercial knife blade switch Cork \u2013 \u00bc\u201d slice off large end of \u00be\u201d cork Small [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":10325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10563\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}