electricity Flashcards
Conductor
Medium that allows electric charge to flow easily through it
Insulator
Medium that does now allow electric charge to flow easily through it
Coulombs law
Force of attraction or repulsion between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
Electric Field
Any region of space where a static electric charge experiences a force other than gravity. Caused by other static charges in the vicinity
Electric field strength
Force that a 1 coulomb charge would experience at a point in an electric field
Fundamental freq of string experiment apparatus (7)
Tuning forks of known frequency, sonometer, meter stick, weights, bridges, electronic balance, paper rider
Potential difference
Work required to move a 1 Coulomb charge from one point to another
Electromotive Force
Similar to voltage but created by induction
Current
Flow of charge through a conductor
Resistance
Ratio of p.d across an object to the current flowing through it
Ampere
Coulomb per second
Size of an electric current
Amount of charge passing through any part of the conductor per second