exam Flashcards
What is electrification?
it is the process of adding or removing electrons from a body.
define electrostatic
electrostatic is the study of electric charges at rest or stationary
What are the 5 parts of law of electro static?
Repulsion and attraction, Inversed square law, Distribution, movement, concentration
what is inversed square law?
it states that the force between charges is proportional to the product of its force field and is inversed to the squared distance between them
Distribution part to the law of electrostatic?
states that the electrons gather at the surface of the conductor due to their like charges, they don’t stay close to one another.
What is movement part to the law of electrostatic?
it states that the electrons travel on the surfaces of the conductors, not through them. Nothing else moves except for the electrons
what does the concentration part of the law of electrostatic state?
states that the electrons like to gather at the area where there is a greatest curvature.
What is static discharge?
is when there is a difference in charges that is great enough that when the distance is decrease between them, the electrons will JUMP to the other opposite charge due to attraction laws.
what happens when static discharges occur? how does it appear on the x ray?
When static discharge occurs, it releases a form of photon and an audible sound. It shows up like a branch like tree roots on x rays called the tree branch artifact.
what is the definition of potential diff.?
it is the force or strength of electron flow
what are other names or identifier for potential difference?
EMF, Volt
how do you determine the strength of Potential diff?
where there is a great difference in the ends of charges. When one end is more negative than the other.
What is volt?
it is defined as 1 joule of work done on 1 coulomb of charge (1volt=1joule/1coulomb)
volt is defined as 1 joule of ____ ____ on 1 _____ of charge
work done, coulomb
Current is flow of electrons through a ________
conductor.
how is current measured?
it is measured by how many electric charged particles flow through a point in one second
what is the unit of measurement for Current?
ampere
Ampere consist of movement of ______ x 10 to the ____
6.24, to the 18th power/second
what are the 3 types of current?
direct current, alternating c, and pulsating c
What is resistance?
resistance is the amount of oppositions which the electrons encounter as they travel in an electric circuit
what is a unit of measurement forresistance?
Ohm
Ohm is defined as a resistance to the flow of current by a column of ____ _____ long with diameter of _ square meter at 0 degrees celsius
Mercury, 106.3 cm, 1
what are the three essential requirements for a circuit?
Voltage, conductor, and resistance
what is resistance depended on?
Type of material, dimension of material, and temperature
Describe the benefits of AC over DC
Alternating current has a sine curve, DC only has one curve. AC oscilliates and DC pulsates
Describe the features of series circuit.
series circuit is a circuit that only has one path for electric charges to flow. The components are connected, end to end. If there is a break, the circuit is now open and cannot work.
describe the characteristics of series circuit
1, the total voltage is the sum of all voltage across each resistors.
- the current is the same through out the circuit.
- the total resistance is the sum of all resistors on the board.
what are the features of parallel circuit?
it has more than one path of current to flow. The parts are branches of main circuit. A break in circuit doesnot interrupt the flow.
What are the characteristics of the parallel circuit?
- the voltage is the same throughout the circuit board
- the current total is the sum of all currents at each current element.
- resistors total is the reciprocal of all resistors on the board. 1/rt= 1/r1+1/r2
how do you define power?
it is the sum of power consumed or dissipated by each resistor or load.
how do you describe an electric generator?
it is a generator that can convert mechanical movement to electrical energy using faraday’s law. It is moving flux lines in relationship to conductor to induce current.
what are the components of generator?
A generator has magnets, armature, slip rings, and stationary brushes.
what is the fxn of an armature in the generator?
it has a conductor. it is placed between two magnets to cut the lines of force between them.
what is the fxn of slip ring?
it is two metallic rings isolated from one another. they rotate with each armature, separately.
what is the fxn of stationary brushes?
They conduct current from armature and transmit it to the external circuit.
in terms of armature position, when is 0 energy produced and when is there peak energy produced?
when the armature is at 0 degrees, no energy is produced. when armature is at 90 degrees, there is peak.
what is the ratio of cycle per second to Hz?
it is 1:1
in a single sine curve, which represents one phase of Alternating current, what is the average value of amplitude?
63.7%,which is mathematically, 0.637 times the peak value.
_____ used in radiography are expressed in peak values
kilovoltage
what is voltage ripple?
it is the drop in voltage. essentially shows AC with DC-like peak values. it reaches 0 after peak. voltage is not constant.
what are the advantages of AC over DC?
provides the changing magnetic field that induces voltage in the secondary coil, mutual induction.
there is less power loss in AC than DC (ability to step up or step down current during transmission)
how do you define a transformer?
transformer is a device that has the ability to transform electric current into higher or lower intensities.
Transformer is composed of _____
2 coils, one primary (input) and one secondary (output).
what is transformer law?
Vs/Vp = Ns/Np. Primary voltage is directly proportionalto the ratio of # of turns in secondary coil to number of turns in the primary coil.
can the power output be greater than the power input?
no it cannot.
how do you convert kilovolts to volt and milli amps to amp?
kilovolts to volt is x1000 or 10 to the power of 3, add three 0s to the right
milliamps to amp is /1000 or x10 to the negative 3, add/move decimals to the left.
what is an operation principle of transformer?
Current from AC primary coil passes through and induces secondary coil inducing the electrons.
secondary has different numbers of windings from the primary. it is designed this way.
what type of core is used by the x ray generators?
shell type transformer. but there are 4 types, air core, open core, closed core.
how many ways are transformer’s power losses?
- I squared R, eddy current, hysteresis.
describe I squared R power loss in transformer
it is also called copper loss. It is the inherent loss that occur due to resistance that exists in current flow.
how is I²R power loss mitigated?
increasing the size of the diameter of the conductor
what is Eddy current loss?
it is the current moving in opposite direction of what induces them. Which is Lenz’s law. Any conducting material is subjected to to Eddy current loss.
how do you mitigate eddy current loss?
laminate the transformer core.
describe hysteresis loss
it happens because the energy is spent on magnetize, demagnatize, and remagnatize the core material. When you have to re orient (magnetize) poles, it causes energy. this wastes electrical power.
how do you mitigate hysteresis?
by laminating the core with silicon iron core.
Define rectification.
process by which alternating current is changed to pulsating direct current.