Technology and Engineering Atlas

How Things Are Built
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Invention

Solenoid

Electrical Engineering

A solenoid is a type of electromagnet made from a helical coil of wire whose length is substantially greater than its diameter. Passing an electric current through the coil produces a controlled, largely uniform magnetic field within the enclosed volume of space. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Sources
Solenoid (Wikipedia)
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.