PHYSICS Flashcards
Electricity comes from Greek word electron means
Amber
English physicist found that many substances behaved like amber
Sir William Gilbert
invented electric battery
Alessandro Volta
when object obtains a net amount positive and negative electric charge
Static Electricity
deals with study of interactions that occur when electric charges at rest
Electrostatics
basic unit of matter
Atom
smallest unit of particle
Quarks
+ - are inhabited
Nucleus
resides in atom’s outside shells as valence electrons
Free Electrons
gain or loss of electrons
Ionization
electrons are removed from an atom
Positive Ionization
atom has gained electrons
Negative Ionization
Said 2 types of electric charges namely positive and negative
Benjamin Franklin
Law of Electrostatic Force
Attractive, Repel
Formula of Charge
+ - 1.6 x 10^19 C
Electrons never created nor destroyed but transferred from material to another
Law of Conservation of Charges
driving robbing another objects
Charging by Friction
physical contact among objects
Charging by Contact/Conduction
negative becomes negative
Conduction
electrically charged object brought near a neutral objects creates a charge in object
Charging by Induction
negative becomes positive
Isulator
charged rod brought near the metal sphere without touching it
Charging by Grounding
best conductor metal
Silver