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What is Kirchhoff's law?

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Kirchhoffs Laws are statements about circuits. There are two laws ; 1) The total current entering any point in a closed circuit equals the total current leaving that point. 2) The sum of the voltage changes around any closed path is zero. These "Laws" are a consequence of the more fundamental laws of conservation of charge and conservation of energy.

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There are two Kirchoff's laws. Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL) and Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL).

KCL states that the sum of all the currents entering a node equals the sum of all the currents leaving the node. So, if node A has 12mA entering the node, then 12mA must also be leaving the node.

KVL states that the sum of all voltages in a loop (also called a mesh) equals zero.

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Kirchhoff's Law it states that the good radiators are the good absorbers.

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