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If an electrical current passes through a conductor what two things are generated?
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If an electrical current passes through a conductor, there is an induced voltage (because no conductor has perfectly zero ohms), resulting in power dissipation, and there is a magnetic field, which can interact with other conductors in the vicinity of the first.
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How does electromagnetic induction produce induced current?
Before you can understand how electrical energy is supplied by your electric company, you need to know how it is produced. A magnet and a conductor, such as a wire, can be used to induce a current in the conductor. The key is motion. An electric current is induced in a conductor when the conductor moves through a magnetic field. Generating an electric current from the motion of a conductor through a magnetic field is called electromagnetic induction. Current that is generated in this way is called induced current. To induce a current in a conductor, either the conductor can move through the magnetic field or the magnet itself can move.
Created around a conductor when electrons flow through that conductor?
Then an 'electrical current' is said to be present in the conductor.
What is the relation between current and thikness of conductor?
The thicker the conductor, the less the current that will flow through.
What is the difference between current and electricity?
The word Current is a term used to describe the characteristics of electricity, the same way voltage and resistance are used. As an example: voltage is a difference in potental and is often considered the amount of pressure pushing an electrical charge or certain number of electrons through a conductor. This electrical charge is called current. Any conductor has resistance to the flow of charge or current. If for example a conductor has a resistance of 2 ohms and a voltage of 12 volts is applied the resulting current flowing in the circuit can be measured to be 6 ampere..the unit for current. Current is therefore, considered the intensity or amount of charge.Electricity then is the movement of this current of charge The word Current is a term used to describe the characteristics of electricity, the same way voltage and resistance are used. As an example: voltage is a difference in potental and is often considered the amount of pressure pushing an electrical charge or certain number of electrons through a conductor. This electrical charge is called current. Any conductor has resistance to the flow of charge or current. If for example a conductor has a resistance of 2 ohms and a voltage of 12 volts is applied the resulting current flowing in the circuit can be measured to be 6 ampere..the unit for current. Current is therefore, considered the intensity or amount of charge.Electricity then is the movement of this current of charge
What pressure or force that causes current flow through a conductor is caleed?
The pressure or force causing current to flow through a conductor is called voltage.
How does electromagnetic induction produce induced current?
Before you can understand how electrical energy is supplied by your electric company, you need to know how it is produced. A magnet and a conductor, such as a wire, can be used to induce a current in the conductor. The key is motion. An electric current is induced in a conductor when the conductor moves through a magnetic field. Generating an electric current from the motion of a conductor through a magnetic field is called electromagnetic induction. Current that is generated in this way is called induced current. To induce a current in a conductor, either the conductor can move through the magnetic field or the magnet itself can move.
How do electrical energy generated?
It is usually generated in a generator; read the Wikipedia article on "Generator" for more details. Briefly, this uses the physical principle that if a material is moved through a magnetic field, a voltage is generated. If such a material is a conductor, and appropriately connected, this voltage will cause an electrical current to flow.
Created around a conductor when electrons flow through that conductor?
Then an 'electrical current' is said to be present in the conductor.
How far can electrical current travel through a body of water?
There is no length because as long as it is a conductor an electrical current can go through
What is the steady flow of electrons through a conductor?
The terminology for a steady flow of electrons through a conductor is called the current of the circuit.
How does an water make an electrical generator work?
When a conductor of electricity moves through a stationary magnetic field, an electric current is induced in the conductor. A hydroelectric generator uses flowing water to spin an axle that is wrapped in conductive wires in a strong magnetic field. Current is generated in the wires, and that current is directed into the electrical grid. The actual process is somewhat more complex but that's the basics. The inverse is also true - when a stationary conductor is placed in a changing magnetic field, current is generated in the conductor. This is how an antenna works - radio waves generate a changing magnetic field which creates electrical current in the conductive antenna which is directed into the electronics in the radio where it is amplified so you can hear it.
When current passes through a conductor what makes the conductor heat up?
The electrical resistance of the material. All materials have some electrical resistance except for superconductors.
What are the functions of an ammeter?
An ammeter measures the amount of electrical current flowing through a conductor.
What is the difference between a electrical conductor and a electrical nonconductor?
Simply put an conductor is a material that lets free electrons flow through it. When free electrons are flowing that is called current. So an electrical conductor will have current pass through. Non-conductive material will not allow these electrons to flow and no electricity can be passed through. Good conductors have almost no resistance to electron flow.
Does electrical energy travel through wires?
An electrical current - and the energy it carries - can travel through any conductor. Quite often, these conductors will be wires.
How you get electricity?
Electricity is a concept and exists everywhere, even in vacuum. Hence you can not "get" electricity. An electrical current can be generated by connecting two voltage sources of different potential with a conductor. A voltage can be generated with an electromagnetic generator. An electromagnetic generator generates voltages by moving electrons in a conductor through a magnetic field, causing a force upon the electrons.
What do you call the movement of electrons through a conductor?
Electron flow; also known as electrical current.
