Electricity Flashcards
Electromagnetism
Electricity involved simultaneously with magnetism constitutes this fundamental of physics
Element
A substance that can’t be reduced to simpler substance via chemical means iron and gold
Four states of elements
Solids liquids gases plasma
Compound
Two or more elements chemically combined i.e. Water and salt
Mixture
Combination of elements and compounds not chemically combined they can be separated by physical means example air nitrogen oxygen
Molecule
a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
Atoms
Comprise molecules Basic unit of a chemical element
Electrons
Negative charge
Protons
Positive charge
Neutrons
Neutral charge
Conductor
Conducts electrons
Insulator
Extreme high resistant to electron flow
Semiconductor
located between a conductor and an insulator
Colombs law
The amount of attracting repelling force between two electrical charge bodies in free space depend on
1 charges
2 distance between them
Electrical charge
A property of certain subatomic particles which interacts with electromagnetic field and causes attractive and repulsive forces between them.