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What is Hall Effect?

Hi! My name is Shouq. This is my part of physics two report which was about Hall Effect.  Electricity and Optics - Phys241 -AUM - American University of the Middle East -  Spring 2017. Introduction            The Hall Effect is a principle that was found by a physicist called Edwin Herbert Hall. Edwin Hall was born on November 7, 1855. He was experimenting with a lot of scientific activities throughout his life, but his most common and famous scientific discovery was found in 1879 which is the Hall Effect. The Hall Effect principle is the most famous and common method that are used to measure magnetic field.          In this report, we will be discussing the principle of Hall Effect, the hypothesis, how it works, the motivation of the principle, the history, the physical background, application, and the conclusion to this report as well. Hypothesis:             The Hall Effect principle was found when Edwin happened to be using a semiconductor that has a cur