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Name some devices in which electric motors are used?


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Electric motor:

  1. An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
  2. Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a wire winding to generate force in the form of torque applied on the motor's shaft.
  3. The electric motor is mainly classified into two types.
  4. They are the AC motor and the DC motor. The AC motor takes alternating current as an input, whereas the DC motor takes direct current.

Devices in which electric motors are used:

Some devices in which electric motors are

  1. Water pumps
  2. Electric fans
  3. Electric mixers
  4. Washing machines

Thus, any electrical appliance, which has any rotating uses electric motors.


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