Electricity And Magnetism Flashcards
…. Always move in a direction that will increase their potential
Electrons
Materials that contain many electrons inside theme
Conductors
Charges in coulomb law are assumed to be
Point charges
Force per unit charge experienced by a small positive test charge
Electric field
The electric field inside any conducting body is … Because of situations in which charge does not move
Zero
…. Charge electric field lines are directed into the charge
Negative
An … Has constant magnitude and direction
Uniform
An electric charge creates an electric field and an …. Around it
Electric potential
The … At a point is the work per unit charge that must be done to bring the positive test charge from away to the point of interest
Potential
Electric field between parallel lines can be defined as
E=V/d, where V is potential difference and d is the separation
The work done when a charge equal to 1e is taken across a potential difference of 1 volt
Electron volt
A moving charge creates an
Electric current
The presence of an electric field inside a conductor forces electrons to accelerate in a direction opposite to the field (why?) and this orderly motion of the electrons in the same direction is what makes electric current
The charge of the electron is negative
… Lose energy constantly, which…. Pick about. These will vibrate about their equilibrium positions, which will increase the temperature of the material
Electrons / atoms of the material
An electric current is produced when a wire is heated so that it begins to emit electrons
Thermionic emission