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Eddy current
An eddy current (also known as Foucault current) phenomenon discovered by French physicist LĂ©on Foucault in 1851, is caused by a moving magnetic field intersecting a conductor or vice-versa. The relative motion causes a circulating flow of electrons, or current, within the conductor.
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