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Electric Fields & Currents

Electric Fields Think of electric force as establishing a “field” telling particles which way to move and how fast Electric “field lines” tell a positive charge which way to move. For example, a positive charge itself has field lines pointing away from it, because this is how a positively-charged “test-particle” would respond if placed in the vicinity (repulsive force). + Run Away! +

Examples of Electric Fields around Charges

Current Electric current is simply the flow of charge Electrons flowing in a wire constitute a current Measured in Coulombs per second, or Amperes Amp (A) refers to amount of charge crossing through cross-sectional area per unit time Electrons have a charge of –1.6  Coulombs so (negative) one Coulomb is 6  electrons one amp is 6  electrons per second Note: electrons flow in direction opposite to current, since current is implicitly positive charge flow, but electrons are negative

Circuit in Diagram Form current In a closed circuit, current flows around the loop electrons flow opposite the indicated current direction! (repelled by negative terminal + battery bulb

Current flowing through the filament makes it glow. No Loop  No Current  No Light

Currents Divide and Merge at Junctions How much would the current through the battery change if I unscrewed one of the 2 bulbs? How would the brightness of “A” change if I unscrewed “B”? AB + 

Answers The battery is supplying an equal amount of current to each of the two bulbs. If one of the bulbs is disconnected, the current through the battery will be halved. Unscrewing “B” would not affect the current through “A” so it will stay the same brightness.

What is one way energy can be stored in a device? Capacitor capacitor (formerly known as condenser) is a passive two-terminal electric component used to store energy in an electric fieldelectric field

What is Ohms Law? Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference across the two points

Problem If the potential difference is 120volts and the resistance is 50 ohms, what is the current?