{"id":2513,"date":"2026-02-07T04:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/2513\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T04:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:56:33","slug":"hans-christian-orsted-magnetic-fields-electromagnetism-electrodynamics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/2513\/","title":{"rendered":"Hans Christian \u00d8rsted | Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, Electrodynamics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hans Christian \u00d8rsted (born August 14, 1777, Rudk\u00f8bing, Denmark\u2014died March 9, 1851, Copenhagen) was a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric current in a wire can deflect a magnetized compass<\/a> needle, a phenomenon the importance of which was rapidly recognized and which inspired the development of electromagnetic<\/a> theory.<\/p>\n

In 1806 \u00d8rsted became a professor at the University of Copenhagen, where his first physical researches dealt with electric currents<\/a> and acoustics<\/a>. During an evening lecture in April 1820, \u00d8rsted discovered that a magnetic needle aligns itself perpendicularly to a current-carrying wire, definite experimental evidence of the relationship between electricity<\/a> and magnetism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00d8rsted also spelled:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOersted<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBorn:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 14, 1777, Rudk\u00f8bing, Denmark<\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDied:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 9, 1851, Copenhagen<\/a> (aged 73)<\/p>\n

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\u00d8rsted\u2019s discovery (1820) of piperine<\/a>, one of the pungent<\/a> components of pepper<\/a>, was an important contribution to chemistry<\/a>, as was his preparation of metallic aluminum<\/a> in 1825. In 1824 he founded a society devoted to the spread of scientific knowledge among the general public. Since 1908 this society has awarded an \u00d8rsted Medal for outstanding contributions by Danish physical scientists. In the early 1930s the name oersted<\/a> was adopted for the physical unit of magnetic field<\/a> strength in the centimetre-gram-second system.<\/p>\n

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