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DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. CURRENT FLOW. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. Current is defined as the flow of electrical charge from one point to another. Coulomb’s law states that: 1) Like charges repel 2) Unlike charges attract. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS.

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DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

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  1. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS CURRENT FLOW

  2. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • Current is defined as the flow of electrical charge from one point to another. • Coulomb’s law states that: 1) Like charges repel 2) Unlike charges attract

  3. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • An atom that has the same number of protons and electrons is electrically balanced. • An atom that loses one or more electrons is called an ion. • The process of changing an atom to an ion is called ionization. • Ionization is significant in current flow.

  4. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • An atom that receives one or more electrons is negatively charged and is called a: negative ion. • A balanced atom that loses one or more electrons is positively charged and is called a: positive ion. NEGATIVE ION 4 PROTONS 5 ELECTRONS NEUTRAL ATOM 5 PROTONS 5 ELECTRONS POSITIVE ION 5 PROTNS 4 ELECTRONS

  5. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • Conductivity of an atom depends on its valence shell. • The greater the number of electrons in the valence shell the less it conducts. • A valence shell with 7 electrons is less conductive than a valence shell of 2 electrons.

  6. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • Remember that the valence shell is the outer most orbit of an atom. HERE IS A REPRESENTATION OF A COPPER ATOM. HOW MANY ELECTRONS ARE IN THE VALENCE SHELL?

  7. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • Each orbit or shell has a letter designation and a maximum number of electrons that it can hold.

  8. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • Valence electrons are the easiest to break from their parent atom. • If they gain enough energy from an external force and break free they are known as free electrons and will randomly move from atom to atom.

  9. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • Conductors: have 3 or fewer valence electrons. • Insulators: have 5 or more valence electrons. • Semi-conductors: usually have four electrons, they aren’t good conductors or insulators.

  10. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • The Bohr model of silver, gold and copper are pictured below, notice they all have one electron in their valence shell. NUMBER OF ELECTRONS IN EACH SHELL

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  12. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • CURRENT: I = E / R • The movement or the flow of electrons. • Current is represented by the letter (I). • The unit of measure for current is the ampere or amp.

  13. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • The amount of current is the sum of the charges of the moving electrons past a given point. • Electric charge is measured in coulombs. • It takes 6.25 x 10 to the 18th power of charges to make 1 coulomb.

  14. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • When 1 coulomb of charge moves past a single point in one second it is called an amp. I = Q(coulomb) / T(time) • Charge differs from current. • Q is an accumulation of charges while I measures the intensity of moving charges.

  15. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • VOLTAGE: E = I X R • The force that causes electrons to flow is voltage. • Also referred to as potential difference and EMF, electromagnetic force.

  16. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • 1 volt pushing 1 coulomb of current produces 1 joule of work. • A joule is the amount of work that can be produced by both voltage and current. • The actual work accomplished in a circuit is a result of the potential difference between the two ends of a conductor.

  17. DC ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS • Electrons are usually in free drift mode until we apply a potential difference to the conductor.

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