Monday, March 24, 2008

March 17th- class notes

In class we went over electrical potential, what a volt is and uniform electric field. A volt is the SI derived unit for electrical potential. Electrical potential may be conceived as "electric pressure". Where this pressure is uniform , no current flows and nothing happens. This is similar to why people do not feel normal atmospheric pressure. However when this electric pressure varies, an electric field exists, which creates a force on charges particles.

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