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Abhishekdas
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Homework Statement
A U shaped conducting tube is placed in a constant magnetic field in the downward direction. On the left of the tube is a resistance R.All other rods are assumed resistance less.On this tube a conducting rod is moving with constant velocity towards right with the help of an external force...Now i was trying to figure out the energy chnges associated during the process...
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The Attempt at a Solution
Now we know that a motional emf is induced in the rod and a current is generated and due to this current a force is excerted on the magnetic field towards left. Now i wanted to figure out the energy changes in the process but i was not confident of what exactly was happening...Correct me wherever i am wrong...
Initially let's say the external force does work with power Fv and the magnetic field does equal amount if negative work...So net work on rod is 0.
Now coming to the emf part...The magnetic field creates the emf...Now normally when we talk about emf in a battery we say that chemical energy is converted to the energy required in doing the work required to push the charges arong the circuit...But in this emf where does the energy come from...?Is it the magnetic field which excerts forces on the electrons responsible for this energy?...And what about the energy which is dissipated by the resistance in the form of heat? Where does all these energies come from and what conversions take place? I am confused about that...So i would really appreciate some help on this...I want to develop my concepts on energy conversions in electricity and magnetism which i feel is much tougher that energy conversions in mechanics which seem much simpler...
PS: I have attached a digram to describe the basic setup...