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[[File:Electromagnet.png|thumb|250px|Bill Nye demonstrates an electromagnet]]
 
[[File:Electromagnet.png|thumb|250px|Bill Nye demonstrates an electromagnet]]
An '''electromagnet''' is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current. The magnetic field disappears when the current is turned off.
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An '''electromagnet''' is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current. The magnetic field disappears when the current is turned off.
   
 
Electromagnets usually consist of a large number of closely spaced turns of wire that create the magnetic field.
 
Electromagnets usually consist of a large number of closely spaced turns of wire that create the magnetic field.
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In [[1991]], [[Doc Brown]] accessed the [[video encyclopedia]] to display an experiment where [[Bill Nye]] created an electromagnet by wrapping combining two batteries with a length of wire wrapped around a [[screwdriver]].
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In [[1991]], Doc accessed the [[video encyclopedia]] to display an experiment where [[Bill Nye]] created an electromagnet by wrapping combining two batteries with a length of wire wrapped around a [[screwdriver]].
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

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Electromagnet

Bill Nye demonstrates an electromagnet

An electromagnet is a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current. The magnetic field disappears when the current is turned off.

Electromagnets usually consist of a large number of closely spaced turns of wire that create the magnetic field.

On February 11, 1864, Emmett Brown his son and Jules built an electromagnet from the electric magnetic machine that was unsuccessfully marketed to General Ulysses S. Clayton during an American Civil War campaign known as the Battle of Chattanooga. When they powered it up, it attracted all the weapons from both the Confederate and Union soldiers.

In September 1984, Emmett Brown made an electromagnet from a wire wrapped around a metal rod and the car battery that powered his electric hoe. He loaned them to Marty for the science project that his teacher, Mrs. Zawadski, had assigned.

In 1991, Doc accessed the video encyclopedia to display an experiment where Bill Nye created an electromagnet by wrapping combining two batteries with a length of wire wrapped around a screwdriver.

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