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Describe a homopolar generator and list alternate names for it.
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ashmmohan wrote:Describe a homopolar generator and list alternate names for it.
A homopolar generator consists of a conducive disc that rotates in a plane perpendicular to the uniform magnetic field created by a horse-shoe shaped magnet producing a potential difference. Alternative names include unipolar generator, acrylic generator, disk dynamo, Faraday disc
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Correct. Your turn
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Describe the most effective and cost-efficient power generation, storage, and transmission system for a rural village in Kenya located in a prairie
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