Electricity Flashcards
Internal resistance
The opposition to flow of charge within a battery
Coulomb’s law
The electrostatic force between 2 stationary charges is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
Electric fields
A region around an electric charge where another charge will experience an electrostatic force.
The direction of the electric field at a point is the direction that a positive test charge would move if places at that point.
Ohms law
The potential difference across 2 points in a conductor is directly proportional to the current in the conductor provided the temperature remains constant.
Current
Rate of flow of electricity charge
Resistance
Opposition to flow of charge through a conductor
EMF
Maximum energy that the battery supplies per coulomb charge
Potential difference
Energy used per column charge by the components between 2 points in the external circuit.
External resistance
Total resistance of all components connected in the circuit
Electric field at a point
The electrostatic force experienced per unit positive charge place at that point
Power
The rate at which work is done