1. Cancelling Earth’s Magnetic Field ABSTRACT PURPOSE Wayne State Department of Chemistry Nadim Bari Canceling Earth’s magnetic field will help with the advancements of scientific innovation. It will make sensitive experiments more realistic and possible. For example, if a scientist were to be conducting an experiment using lasers to produce change particles, the force of the Earth’s magnetic field may be strong enough to cause the particles to change directions and miss the detector. Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to cancel Earth’s magnetic field. To cancel Earth’s magnetic field, a coil consisting of 38 loops and is 1 meter in diameter was built. The coil itself was made from copper wire that is 2 mm thick. This coil was charged with a current of 1.214 amps and had a voltage of .768 volts. The resistant of the coil is .64 ohms. The results of detecting the Earth’s Magnetic field opposed the initial thought the Earth’s magnetic field was perpendicular to the Earth’s surface. Once the coil was charged with the correct current and voltage an angle of correction had to be determined via a 3-D magnetic probe placed in the center of the coil. A 3-D magnetic probe works just like a compass. It points the cardinal directions according to Earth’s magnetic field. The cancelation of the field was indicated by the probe not indicating a magnetic field presence inside the coil while registering a field outside the coil. Thus, it is concluded that no magnetic field exists within the coil. Therefore, Earth’s magnetic field has been successfully cancelled. The scope of this project is to outline the construction of the device and discuss design enhancement while effectively cancelling Earth’s magnetic field. This will possibly bring forth new and improved scientific laboratories. These new laboratories may be customized for future experiments that can gradually influence and expand scientific ideas.

1. Cancelling Earth’s Magnetic Field
ABSTRACT PURPOSE
Wayne State Department of Chemistry
Nadim Bari
INTRODUCTION
Cancelling Earth’s magnetic field will help with the advancements of scientific innovation. It will
make sensitive experiments more realistic and possible. For example, if a scientist were to be
conducting an experiment using lasers to produce change particles, the force of the Earth’s magnetic
field may be strong enough to cause the particles to change directions and miss the detector.
Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to cancel Earth’s magnetic field. To cancel Earth’s
magnetic field, a coil consisting of 38 loops and is 1 meter in diameter was built. The coil itself was
made from copper wire that is 2 mm thick. This coil was charged with a current of 1.214 amps and
had a voltage of .768 volts. The resistant of the coil is .64 ohms. The results of detecting the Earth’s
Magnetic field opposed the initial thought the Earth’s magnetic field was perpendicular to the Earth’s
surface. Once the coil was charged with the correct current and voltage an angle of correction had to
be determined via a 3-D magnetic probe placed in the center of the coil. A 3-D magnetic probe works
just like a compass. It points the cardinal directions according to Earth’s magnetic field. The
cancelation of the field was indicated by the probe not indicating a magnetic field presence inside the
coil while registering a field outside the coil. Thus, it is concluded that no magnetic field exists
within the coil. Therefore, Earth’s magnetic field has been successfully cancelled. The scope of this
project is to outline the construction of the device and discuss design enhancement while effectively
cancelling Earth’s magnetic field. This will possibly bring forth new and improved scientific
laboratories. These new laboratories may be customized for future experiments that can gradually
influence and expand scientific ideas.
DATA & ANALYSIS
Cancelling the Earth’s magnetic field can help innovate scientific research. The
Earth’s magnetic field can be a limiting factor when conducting certain
experiments. For example, if a researcher was doing an experiment involving the
shooting of a particle electron beam, the Earth’s magnetic field would have to be
cancelled. If the beam may be aimed at a certain detector, the Earth’s magnetic field
may be strong enough to change the direction of the beam depending on the area of
the lab. Therefore, this experiment may help shape a way to create laboratories with
a magnetic control, thus making experiments like the one mentioned above much
easier, more realistic, and possible.
MATERIALS
PROCEDURE
1. Gather all materials
2. Lay out 119 inches of copper wire from a 400 feet spool
3. Make a circular loop shape by putting both ends of the wire together (do not cut wire off of 400 feet
spool)
4. Take both ends of the wire and tie then together using the aluminum string tie
5. Continuing spinning the rest of the 400 feet of copper wire fallowing the same direction. (Note: use the
steel tie to tie down each new loop to previous loop(s). Tie down each loop where necessary)
6. Make sure the copper coil is firmly tied together. Find the two ends of the coil and use the pocket knife
to remove the enamel coating off of the two ends only
7. Cut 14 feet aluminum T- slotted framing into 7 pieces (each 2 feet long)
8. Construct a square using 4 pieces of the aluminum T-slotted framing
9. Use the clamps and fasteners hold a constant and firm square shape
10.Inscribe the square into the coil
11.Use the steel string tie to tie each corner of the square onto the coil
12.Connect two aluminum T-slotted framing pieces to the top side of the square using the bracket
fasteners (these are legs)
13.Cut a two and a half inch length of aluminum T-slotted framing from the last piece of framing material
14.Connect the two and half inch piece to the bottom side of the square using the fasteners (the coil should
now be standing at an angle)
15.Take one end of the coil (that you have previously stripped of enamel coating) and connect it to the
middle ring of the potentiometer by using the solder and solder iron
16.Take the second end of the coil (that you previously stripped from enamel coating) and place it to one
end of the battery pack. Solder the ends together using the solder iron and the solder itself
17. Take 1 foot of copper wire, cut it using the pliers to needed length and strip each end from enamel
coating using the pocket knife
18.Connect one end of the copper wire that you just stripped to the second end of the batter pack using the
solder and solder iron
19.Connect the second end of the copper wire onto the far right or far left ring of the potentiometer using
the solder and solder iron
20.Place the D size battery into the battery pack and use the potentiometer to control the current and test
your coil
Coil outline
 Coil Material: Enamel coated copper wiring (2mm)
 Copper Wire resistivity: 1.69 ∙ 10−8
Ω ∙ �
 Number of loops: 38
 Diameter: 1 Meter
 Current: 1.214 amps
 Voltage: .768 volts
 Resistant: .64 ohms
Enamel coated
copper wiring
(2mm)
38 Loops
Wire
resistance:
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Power Source:
Size D Battery
Square Support
Frame
RESULTS
From the data and analysis, we can conclude the fallowing factors of the coil: the current is 1.214
amps, the resistance is .64 ohms, and the voltage is .768 volts. When a magnetic probe is placed in
the center of the coil while applying these factors, the magnetic probe will not point any directions
and can be manually adjusted to the direction one desires. Therefore, when these factors are
applied to the coil, the magnetic field within the coil is canceled.
3-D Magnetic Probe Electrical Coil