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Electric Motor Torque

See how turns, current and field affect the turning effect.

Controls

20
1 A
0.5 T
0.01

Live result

Max torque
0.1N·m
Torque0.1
Motor — coil rotating in the fieldMax torque: 0.1 N·m
NS
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The split-ring commutator reverses the current every half rotation to keep the coil spinning one way.

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