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Electric motor

Physics - Electromagnetism

How does an electric motor work? Three coils are placed around a bar magnet free to rotate about its centre. Each time current flows through one of the coils, a magnetic field is produced and causes the magnet to rotate and orient itself towards the coil.

Can you press the buttons in such a way to sequentially power the three coils and make the magnet rotate continuously, thus creating a motor?

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