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Goals
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Properties of Electric Charge
Atomic Structure: Composed of three main particles:
1. Proton
2. Neutron
3. Electron
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Things to Remember:
•Everything is
made of atoms.
•Electrons can
move from one
atom to another
atom.
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Static Electricity
•The temporary building up
of charge on an object.
•Some atoms hold e more
tightly than others.
•Ex. Your shoes
and Carpet
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If you walk across a carpet, electrons 5
move from the rug to you (because of
friction). Now you have extra electrons.
Touch a door knob and ZAP! The
electrons move from you to the knob.
You get a shock.
Static electricity is
actually an
imbalance in the
amounts of positive
and negative charges
in the surface of an
object.
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TedEd-The science of static electricity
Three ways to induce a
charge in an object
1. Friction
2. Induction
3. Conduction
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Charging by Friction
• The frictional charging process results in a transfer
of electrons between the two objects that are
rubbed together.
Charging by Induction
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Involves the
charging of one
object by another
without direct
contact.
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Charging by Conduction 10
involves the direct contact of a charged object to a
neutral object.
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Detecting an Electric Charge
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Electroscope
helps detect
electric
charge
Electrostatics Lab Examples
Bill NYe
Electrostatics
Lab
Electric Current
The constant flow of electrons.
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Transfer of Electric Charge
• Some materials allow
electric charge to
move freely:
Conductors
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•Some materials do
not allow electric
charge to move
freely: Insulators
Ex: glass, rubber
Has to do with the
•Semiconductors:
molecular structure of
In their natural state they are insulators:
Material can
be added
to the material to
the
material
increase its conductivity
Ex: copper, aluminum
Ex: Silicon and Germanium
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Conductors : Gold, Silver, Copper,
Iron, Lead, Salt Water.
Insulators : Plastics, Glass, Dry Air,
Wood.
Voltage
•For electrons to flow
there must be a potential
difference between to
places.
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• This is called voltage, which is the “Push”
that causes electrons to flow.
• It’s electrical “Pressure”.
• Charges flow from high voltage to low
voltage.
• Measured in Volts (V).
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Current
The measure of
how many
electrons per
second are
flowing through
the wire is the
amperage (A).
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Current and Voltage
Resistance
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• The tendency for a material to oppose the
flow of electrons.
• Different material have different amounts
of resistance to the flow of electrons.
• The unit of resistance is ohm.
Resistance
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•Ex: gold, silver, and copper have low
resistance, which means that current
can flow easily through these
materials.
•Glass, plastics, and wood have very
high resistance, which means that
current cannot pass through these
materials easily.
Resistance in Wires
• Thick wire Vs. Thin Wire
Thin wires provide more resistance than do thick wires
Resistance also depends on temperature, usually
increasing as the temperature increases resistance
Resistance in wires produces a loss of energy (usually in the form
of heat), so materials with no resistance produce no energy loss
when currents pass through them.
Electrical current
•The # of e- is called current
Ampere or Amp. )
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(unit =
•Electrical current is like the
amount or volume of water flowing
through the hose.
Water in a Hose
DC in a Wire
Electrical Units
pressure
potential (V)
Volts
volume
current (I)
Amps
friction
resistance (R)
Ohms
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In a material, the current (I) is
directly proportional to the voltage
(V) and inversely proportional to the
resistance (R).
V=IR
Electric Circuits
A pathway for
electrons to
flow.
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Electrons follow the path
of least resistance.
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Open Circuits
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Electrons follow
the path of least
resistance
Closed Circuits
Electrons follow the
path of least resistance
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Series Circuit
The
current
has only
one path
to
follow.
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Electrons
follow the
path of
least
resistance
Parallel Circuits
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Two or
more
branches
for the
current
to flow.
Electrons
follow the
path of
least
resistance
Get a sheet of
notebook paper
1) Draw a series circuit that includes a 9-volt
battery and a bulb with a resistance of 3 ohms.
What is the current?
2) Draw a series circuit that includes a 9-volt
battery and a bulb with a resistance of 12 ohms
and a bulb with 3 ohms? What is the current?
3) Draw a parallel circuit that contains a 9 volt
battery- one pathway with a bulb with a resistance
of 3 ohms and one pathway with a bulb with a
resistance of 5 ohms. Calculate the current in each
branch. What is the total current in the circuit?
1) Draw a series circuit that includes a 9-volt
battery and a bulb with a resistance of 3
ohms. What is the current?
2) Draw a series circuit that includes a 9-volt
battery and a bulb with a resistance of 12
ohms and a bulb with 3 ohms? What is the
current?
3) Draw a parallel circuit that contains a 9 volt
battery- one pathway with a bulb with a resistance
of 3 ohms and one pathway with a bulb with a
resistance of 5 ohms. Calculate the current in each
branch. What is the total current in the circuit?
a. What is the total voltage across the bulbs? 6V
b. What is the total resistance of the circuit? 3Ω
c. What is the current in the circuit? 2A
d. What is the voltage drop across each light
bulb? 2V
a. What is the voltage across each
resistor? 12V
b. What is the current in each
branch? 6 A and 4 A
•The voltage is
equal across all
components in a
parallel circuit.
c. What is the total current provided
(Therefore, the
voltage across R1 is
equal to the voltage
across R2 which is
equal to the voltage
by the battery? 10 A
d. What is the total resistance in the
circuit? 1.2Ω
across the battery.)
•The total current
in the circuit is
equal the sum
of all individual
branch currents.
Lab Goals:
Investigate the properties of
electricity and magnetism.
b) Understand the relationship
among voltage, resistance &
current.
c) Understand how to build
simple series and parallel
circuits.
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From Lab:
• In a series circuit…
– the current through each of the components is
the same, and the total voltage in the circuit is
the sum of the voltages across each component.
• In a parallel circuit…..
– the voltage across each of the components is
the same, and the total current is the sum of the
currents through each component.
What happens to the brightness of each bulb in
a series circuit as additional bulbs are added?
Why?
Four identical light bulbs are connected in a
circuit as shown below. The current is
greatest through which of the light bulbs?
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
How do batteries work?
Dry Cell
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Batteries have three parts, an anode (-), a cathode
(+), and the electrolyte. The cathode and anode (the
positive and negative sides at either end of a
traditional battery) are hooked up to an electrical
circuit.
The chemical reactions in the battery
causes a build up of electrons at the anode.
This results in an electrical difference
between the anode and the cathode. You
can think of this difference as an unstable
build-up of the electrons. The electrons
wants to rearrange themselves to get rid of
this difference. But they do this in a certain
way. Electrons repel each other and try to
go to a place with fewer electrons.
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Wet Cell -uses liquids for the
electrolytes, as opposed to the
dry cell
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Electric Power
• The rate at which electrical energy is
transferred by an electric circuit.
• The SI unit of power is the watt
• Joule's Law
What is a kilowatt hour?
• How long you run an appliance.
– How much energy is used?
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Energy used = Power (kW) x Time (hrs)
E= P x t
To find cost:
Ex: 10¢ per kilowatt hour
•Ex$
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• 105 V are used to power an appliance that
needs 15.0 amps. What is the power used?
– 1575 W =1.575kW
• How much energy is used when this
appliance is used for 30.0 days- 24hrs a
day?
– 1134 kW -hr
• If the power company charges 8¢/Kw-h,
what is the cost of the energy above.
• $90.72
• An electric refrigerator rated 400 W
operates 8 hour/day. What is the cost
of energy to operate it for 30 days at
8¢/Kw-h?
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How a Lightbulb Works