When an electromagnet is connected to a circuit, the electric current does not reach the required strength immediately, but gradually. Why?

Jazmin Booker

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2022-08-21

When an electromagnet is connected to a circuit, the electric current does not reach the required strength immediately, but gradually. Why?

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Adrienne Sherman

Adrienne Sherman

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Because the electromagnet is basically an inductor with a magnetic core. For an inductor
v ( t ) = L d i ( t ) d t
or
i ( t ) = 1 L v ( t ) d t
Which tells you it takes time to build the current in an inductor. Or to put it another way, the current in an inductor lags the voltage.

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