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Question
What are the special features of commercial electric motors?
Solution
Special features of commercial electric motors are:
The coil is wound on a soft iron core; therefore, the strength of magnetic field increases.
The coil contains large number of turns of insulated copper wire.
A powerful electromagnet is used in place of permanent magnet.
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