Metal Detector Principle – Rankers Physics
Topic: Alternating Current
Subtopic: LR, RC and LCR Circuits

Metal Detector Principle

Assertion (A): At an airport, a person is made to walk through the doorway of a metal detector.
Reason (R): Metal detector works on the principle of resonance in \(AC\) circuits.
 
Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Metal detectors use \(LC\) resonant circuits. When a metal object enters the coil's magnetic field, it changes the coil's inductance, altering the circuit's resonant frequency and triggering detection.

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