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the study of stationary charges
electric charges in stationary motion
electrostatics
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are the smallest unit of electric charge
electron and proton
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unlike charges attract, like charges repel
electrostatic law
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electrostatic force is directly proportional to the product of the electrostatic charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
coulomb's law
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this is the stored energy
electric potential
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unit of electric potential
volts
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study of electric charges in motion
electrodynamics
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this is an electrodynamics phenomena
is the flow of electrons through a conductor
electricity/electric current
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types of materials
insulator
conductor
semiconductor
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this confines the electron flow ex. rubber
insulator
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materials that allows electrons to flow easily ex. copper
conductor
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materials that behaves as an insulator and in other conditions behaves as a conductor ex. silicon and germanium
semiconductor
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this is the property of some materials to exhibit no resistance below the critical temperature (mri machine)
superconductivity
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wire wrapped around an iron core
solenoid
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conductors made in a closed path
electric circuits
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electric current is measured in
ampere
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types of circuit
series and parallel
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