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Another benefit from the use of toroids is that shield cans aren't necessary in order to isolate the toroidal coil from adjacent components. Toroids have an inherent self-shielding property. Specifically, the field from a toroidal inductor is pretty much self-contained.
Lesson Summary. A solenoid is just a coil of wire, but when you run a current through that coil of wire, you create an electromagnet. Since this is, by far, the most useful application of a coil of wire, it's not surprising that when you say the word 'solenoid' people tend to assume you mean electromagnet.olenoids are most commonly used as electromagnets, and all the examples so far are that kind of solenoid. But there are some other uses. They can be used to slow the flow of electricity in a circuit, making them an example of an inductor, or an impedance device.