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Electricity - Coggle Diagram
Electricity
Amps
In most solid objects/materials, atoms and electrons aren't free to move around. But in metals, electrons can move around
The positive nuclei stay in the same space to preserve the structure of the metal, while the electrons can drift around from atom to atom
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Because electrons are repelled from each other, as electrons move from atom to atom, they also end up repelling the electrons that were there from before. Thus causing a flow of electrical current
An amp (ampere) refers to the amount of electrons that are flowing per second through something that conducts electricity.
Types of current
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Conventional current
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Was what scientists in the past thought currents were like, but in reality it is wrong. But most formulae and theories in this field still go by conventional current
Originally, the system of current flowing form positive to negative is what all electrical engineers used and labeled it as "conventional current." (This was an incorrect theory that is actually still used to this day even after discovering that the theory was wrong.)
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Electric Circuits
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If the circuit is broken, then the currents won't be able to flow in a circuit
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Voltage
Voltage is basically the pressure from an electrical circuit's power source that pushes the charged electrons through a conducting loop.
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