Electrical Elements Flashcards
What does a wire gauge represent?
the diameter of the entire wire, bigger gauge number, smaller diameter and vice versa
What are the common gauge numbers used in households?
10AWG - 5.261mm^2
12AWG - 3.309mm^2
14AWG - 2.081mm^2
Superconductor is also known as?
Cryogenic conductor
What material is the best conductor of electricity?
Silver, due to most number of free electrons per unit volume
which metals are the best conductors of electricity
Pure silver
Pure copper
Pure gold
Aluminum
What are wire-wound resistors?
Uses metal alloys that are independent of temperature like manganin and constantan, and have an inductive property
What are thin film resistors
Deposited thin metal(Ceramic Metal) on an insulating support, Has High Resistance, Has no Reactive property
What are carbon composition resistors?
low wattage fixed type made from carbon, Its size is proportional to the power it can handle
What is a rheostat?
variable resistor with only two terminals, used in high power and high voltage, wire-wound(has inductive property)
What is potentiometer
variable resistor used for low power and low current application, has 3 terminals
Resistors color code
1st significant, Second Significant, multiplier, tolerance,
Black Black 0 Boys Brown 1 Respect Red 2 Our Orange 3 Young Yellow 4 Girl Green 5 But BLue 6 Violeta Violet 7 Goes Gray 8 White White 9
What does the reliability (5th) band in a resistor indicate?
Reliability (in percent of failure per 1000 hours of use)
It is the fundamental source of electrical energy developed through the conversion of chemical or solar energy
Cell
Combination of two or more cells
Battery
These are not rechargeable cells, AND DO NOT HAVE RESISTANCE
Primary Cell
These are rechargeable cells AND HAVE RESISTANCE
Secondary Cells
Two common rechargeable cells
Lead-Acid used in automobiles
Nickel-Cadmium used in calculators/tools/photoflash units
Carbon-zinc (Leclanche): Classification and output voltage
Primary/1.5V designed for 70 degrees Farenheit operation
Zinc Chloride: Classification and output voltage
Primary/1.5V Heavy Duty type
Manganese Dioxide (alkaline): Classification and output voltage
Primary or Secondary/ 1.5V has low internal resistance
Mercuric Oxide: Classification and output voltage
Primary/1.35V
Silver Oxide: Classification and output voltage
Primary 1.5V
Lead Acid: Classification and output voltage
secondary 2.1V
Ni-Cd: Classification and output voltage
Secondary 1.25V
Nickel-Iron(Edison Cell): Classification and output voltage
Secondary 1.2V
Nickel-Metal hydride: Classification and output voltage
Secondary 1.2V, does not suffer memory effect
Silver-Zinc: Classification and output voltage
Secondary 1.5V
Silver Cadmium : Classification and output voltage
Secondary 1.1V
Battery Life expression
Battery Life(Hr)=Ampere-Hour rating(Ah)/Amperes Draws
Also called as Crowfoot cell/gravity cell/wet cell used in operating telegraphs and door bells
Daniel Cell
Also called as galvanic Cell, Named after Luigi Galvani
Voltaic Cell
Primary Cell with high output voltage, long shelf life, low weight and small and can provide 10x more energy
Lithium Cell
Very good power to weight ratio, often found in high end laptop
Lithium-ion battery
Used in electric vehicles
Metal-chloride battery
Other name for a capacitor
Condenser
Unit of capacitance is named after?
Michael Faraday
What is the reciprocal of capacitance?
Elastance, unit is daraf
What is Gauss Theorem
The total electric flux extending from a closed surface is equal to the algebraic sum of the charges inside the closed surface
Gauss Theorem mathematical Expression
ψ = Q
Wb(Unit of flux) = C(unit of charge)
ψ - # Electric Flux Lines
Q - Charges inside an enclosed surface
Electric Flux Density Formula
D=ψ/Area
where: ψ=total flux, Mx or Wb
A=Area, cm^2 or m^2
1 Tesla= 1Wb/m^2
1 Gauss = 1 Maxwell/cm^2
Electric Field Intensity Formula
E=F/Q
F= Newtons,
Q=Charge, Coulomb
in capacitors:
E=V/d
where V=voltage, d=plate separation
First law of Electrostatics
unlike charges attract each other while like charge repel each other
Second law of elecrostatics
the force of attraction or repulsion between charges is directly proportional to the product of the two charges but inversely proportional to the square of distance between them
Second law of statics mathematical formula
F = kq1q2/r^2
k=1/(4πεoεr)
εo=absolute permittivity, shift constant 32
What is permittivity?
It is the ratio of electric flux density to the electric field strength
ε=D/E (in Farads/m)
relative permittivity (εr) of teflon
2.0
relative permittivity (εr) of paper, paraffined
2.5
relative permittivity (εr) of mica
5.0
relative permittivity (εr) of transformer oil
4.0
It is the voltage required per unit length to establish conduction in a dielectric
Dielectric Strength or breakdown voltage
Dielectric strength of Air
75 V/mil
OR
3 x 10^6 (V/m)
Dielectric strength of Barium-strontium titanite(ceramic)
75 V/mil
OR
3 x 10^6 (V/m)
Dielectric Strength of transformer oil
400 V/mil
Formula for the energy stored in a capacitor
Wc=1/2*CV^2 or Q^2/2C
What is the electrical definition of capacitance?
Charge per unit volt
C=Q/V
Q=charge
V=Voltage
Formula for capacitance based on physical construction
C=(n-1)*(εA/d)
n=number of parallel plates
ε=permittivity
A=plate area
d=distance bet. plates
Series Capacitor’s total capacitance
Ct = 1 / ( {1 / C1} + {1 / C2} + ….)
Total charge in a series capacitor
Qt=Q1=Q2=Q3
Identical capacitors in series total capacitance
Ct=C/n
Total capacitive reactance on series capacitors
Xct=Xc1+Xc2+Xc3..
Parallel Capacitor Total capacitance
Ct= C1 + C2 + C3
Parallel Capacitor identical capacitors capacitance
Ct = nC
Parallel Capacitor total charge
Qt=Q1+Q2+Q3…