Electrical Circuits Flashcards
Potential difference
The work done per unit positive charge.
Current
Rate of flow of charge.
Ohm’s law
Current through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference over a conductor at constant temperature.
Resistance
A material’s opposition to the flow of electrical current.
Electrical power
The electrical power dissipatedin a device is equal to the product of the potential difference across the device and the current flowing through the device.
Kilowatt hour
It is a unit of energy, and 1 kWh is the amount of energy used when 1 kilowatt of energy is used for 1 hour.
EMF
The total amount of energy supplied per coulomb of charge by the cell.
Internal resistance
The resistance inside a real battery.
Voltage
Electrical energy transfer per unit positive charge between two points in a circuit