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Virtual Lab: AC & DC Electric Motors
University of Virginia
             
 
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For this DC electric motor, increasing the voltage increases the current flow, the electromagnet’s field, and the rotational torque.

As a result, DC motors turn faster at higher voltages.

But what about AC electric motors?

How would we build one, and what would control its speed?
 
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