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What is the source of the electrons, or will it stop working?

Physics Asked on April 30, 2021

If you place a metal coil in a vacuum glass container, and approach the coil with a magnet on the opposing side of the glass then I believe that the electrons have the possibility to travel through the glass to an adjacent conductor. If all of that is true, as electrons leave the wire system I would think it would be an impossibility for it to continue as the wire atoms can only be so electron deficient. I’m assuming that the magnet would continue to be able to induce some electron un-even distribution in the wire, but the wire no-longer be able to eject them. In a vacuum, without any further chemistry to be able to supply electrons, there would be a loss of source.

True?

One Answer

A changing magnetic flux through you coil will cause electrons to shift towards one end. Unless the induced voltage is very high, they are not likely to move off through the vacuum or pass through the non-conducting glass. A low density gas in the container might allow arcing between the two ends of the coil.

Answered by R.W. Bird on April 30, 2021

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