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Flashlight
• Why do the batteries have to be facing the same way in order for the flashlight to work?
Electric charge
• Electric charge causes subatomic particles to attract or repel each other – Subatomic particles are protons, electrons– Protons are +– Electrons are –
Ex: static cling, lightning
Electric Charge
• Electric charge is measured in Coulombs (C)• It takes about 6.24 x 1018 electrons to produce
1 coulomb• A lightning bolt is about 10-20 coulombs of
charge• A flash camera uses the energy from 0.025
coulombs of charge to produce each flash
Electric Forces
• Like charges repel• Opposite charges attract • Electric force – the force of attraction or
repulsion – The amount of electric force depends on the
charge and distance
Electric field
• Electric field- the effect an electric charge has on other charges in the space around it is the charge’s electric field – The strength of this field depends on the amount
of charge that produces the field and the distance from the charge
– The more charge the greater the force
Static Electricity
• Static electricity is the study of electric charges – Charges can be transferred by• friction, • contact, • induction
Static electricity
• Charging by friction- electrons move from your hair to the balloon– Atoms in the balloon have greater attraction for
electrons than the atoms in your hair
Static Electricity
• Charging by contact – Van de Graaff generator is a charged metal sphere, when her hand touches the sphere, she acquires a charge
Static Electricity
• Charging by induction- transfer of charge without contact between materials
• ex:rubbing your feet on a carpet and then touching a doorknob– You picked up extra electrons from the carpet so
your hand is negatively charged, Electrons move from the doorknob
Static discharge
• When a pathway through which charges can move forms suddenly – Shock from the doorknob– Lightning
Electric current
• Electric current – the continuous flow of electric charge – Unit of electric charge is the amp (ampere)
1 amp = 1 coulomb per second
Electric current
• Current is defined as the direction the positive charges would flow
• Two types of current – Direct – DC- battery operated devices
– Alternating current – AC- flow of electric charge that reverses direction
Conductors and Insulators
• Conductor- charge can flow easily– Metals - have loosely held electrons that can
conduct a charge
• Insulator – charge cannot flow easily– Wood, plastic, air
Resistance
• Resistance- opposition to the flow of charges in a material– Measured in ohm– A material’s thickness, length, and temperature
affect its resistance– As temperature increases a metal’s resistance
increases because electrons collide more often
Superconductor
• A superconductor has almost zero resistance when it is cooled to low temperatures
• superconductor
Voltage
• In order for charge to flow in a conducting wire, the wire must be connected in a complete loop that includes a source of electrical energy
• Charges always flow from high to low potential energy
Potential Difference
• Potential difference- the difference in electrical potential energy between two places in an electric field– Measured in joules per coulomb also known as
volts –Potential difference is sometimes called
voltage
Ohm’s Law
• Ohm found a mathematical relationship between voltage, current, and resistance- became Ohm’s Law
Voltage = current x resistance
V = I x R
Ohm’s Law
• Increasing the voltage increases the current
• Keeping the same voltage and increasing the resistance decreases the current
Circuit diagrams
• Electric circuit- a complete path through which a charge can flow
• Circuit diagrams use symbols to represent parts of a circuit including a source of electrical energy and devices that run by electrical energy
Electric circuits
• Circuit diagram– Switch – places where the switch can be opened • If a switch is open, the circuit is not complete and
current stops
– the + and – on the diagram indicate the positive and negative terminals on the battery
– Arrows show the direction in which positive charges flow – electrons actually flow in the opposite direction
Series Circuit
• Series circuit – charge has only one path to flow– If one part of a series circuit, none of the parts can
work – Adding bulbs to a Series circuit increases the resistance and decreases the current
Parallel Circuits
• Parallel circuit- an electric circuit with two or more paths through which charges can flow– If one bulb burns out, the other stay lit
Power and Energy Calculations
• Power- the rate of doing work
• Electric power- the rate at which electrical energy is converted to another form of energy
Power (watts) = Current (Amps) x voltage (V)P = I x V
Example
• An electric oven is connected to a 240 Volt line, and uses 34 amps of current. What is the power used by the oven?
• 8200 Watts
Electrical energy
• E= P x t
• Electrical energy = power x time
• Electric bill is in kilowatt hours