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Given information

Given:

copper or aluminum is used as material for rotating wheel,

To determine, will eddy current brake work on such wheels or should the material have to be ferromagnetic.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

According to the right-hand rule, moving charges in a magnetic field will experience a magnetic force, making them move and creating an eddy current. These induced currents will experience a force opposing the original motion of the piece of metal and the eddy current brake will begin to slow the wheel.

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