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  • Electric Motors: How Electricity Powers Magnetic Motion and Work
    The device that uses electricity to move magnets and do work is an electric motor.

    Here's how it works:

    * Electric current: An electric current flows through coils of wire within the motor.

    * Magnetic field: This current creates a magnetic field around the coils.

    * Interaction with permanent magnets: The magnetic field of the coils interacts with the magnetic field of permanent magnets within the motor.

    * Rotation: This interaction causes the rotor (the spinning part of the motor) to rotate.

    The rotation of the rotor can then be used to power other devices, like fans, pumps, and even vehicles.

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