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    A battery is a source of electric energy--it converts chemical energy into electric energy. 17. Batteries and Direct Current the actual terminal voltage of the battery is always less than the electromotive force, emf. 17. Current and Drift Velocity Electrons do not flow like water in a pipe.

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    A battery is a source of electric energy--it converts chemical energy into electric energy. 17. Batteries and Direct Current the actual terminal voltage of the battery is always less than the electromotive force, emf. 17. Current and Drift Velocity Electrons do not flow like water in a pipe.

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    Chapter 17
    College Physics, 7th Edition
    Wilson / Buffa / Lou

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    Chapter 17 Electric Current and Resistance

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    Units of Chapter 17
    Batteries and Direct Current Current and Drift Velocity Resistance and Ohms Law Electric Power

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    17.1 Batteries and Direct Current

    Electric current is the flow of electric charge. A battery is a source of electric energyit converts chemical energy into electric energy.

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    17.1 Batteries and Direct Current


    In a complete circuit, electrons flow from the negative electrode to the positive one. The positive electrode is called the anode; the negative electrode is the cathode.

    A battery provides a constant source of voltageit maintains a constant potential difference between its terminals.

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    17.1 Batteries and Direct Current

    The potential difference between the battery terminals when the battery is not connected to anything is called the electromotive force, emf.

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    17.1 Batteries and Direct Current


    The actual terminal voltage of the battery is always less than the emf, due to internal resistance. Usually the difference is very small.

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    17.1 Batteries and Direct Current

    When batteries are connected in series, the total voltage is the sum of the individual voltages.

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    17.1 Batteries and Direct Current

    When batteries of equal voltage are connected in parallel, the total voltage does not change; each battery supplies part of the total current.

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    17.1 Batteries and Direct Current

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    17.2 Current and Drift Velocity


    Current is the time rate of flow of charge.

    SI unit of current: the ampere, A

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    17.2 Current and Drift Velocity


    Historically, the direction of current has been taken to be from positive to negative; this is opposite to the way electrons flow. However, this seldom matters.

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    17.2 Current and Drift Velocity


    Electrons do not flow like water in a pipe. In the absence of voltage, they move randomly at high speeds, due to their temperature.
    When a voltage is applied, a very small drift velocity is added to the thermal motion, typically around 1 mm/s; this is enough to yield the observed current.
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    17.3 Resistance and Ohms Law


    If there is a potential difference across a conductor, how much current flows? The ratio between the voltage and the current is called the resistance.

    SI unit of resistance: the ohm,

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    17.3 Resistance and Ohms Law


    An ohmic material is one whose resistance is constant.

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    17.3 Resistance and Ohms Law


    Ohms law is valid only for ohmic materials:

    The resistance of a particular object depends on its length, crosssectional area, material, and temperature.
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    17.3 Resistance and Ohms Law


    As expected, the resistance is proportional to the length and inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area (why?):

    The constant is called the resistivity, and is characteristic of the material.

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    17.3 Resistance and Ohms Law


    In this table, you can easily see the differences between the resistivities of conductors, semiconductors, and insulators.

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    17.3 Resistance and Ohms Law


    For many materials, the temperature dependence of the resistivity is approximately linear, as long as the temperature change is not too large.

    The constant is called the temperature coefficient of resistivity. Some values of are listed in the table on the previous page.

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    17.3 Resistance and Ohms Law


    Some materials exhibit a curious phenomenon: at a very low temperature called the critical temperature, their resistivity drops abruptly to zero.

    These are called superconductors; they have a number of unique properties. They are impractical for everyday home use, however, as they must be cooled to cryogenic temperatures.

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    17.4 Electric Power


    Power, as usual, is the rate at which work is done. For work done by electricity:

    Rewriting,
    For ohmic materials, we can write:

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    17.4 Electric Power


    So, where does this power go? It is changed to heat in resistive materials.

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    17.4 Electric Power

    Electric appliances are rated in watts, assuming standard household voltage.

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    17.4 Electric Power

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    17.4 Electric Power


    The electric company typically bills us for kilowatt-hours (kWh), a unit of energy.

    We can reduce our energy usage by buying efficient appliances.

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    Review of Chapter 17
    A battery produces emf; positive terminal is the anode, negative is the cathode. emf is measured in volts; it is the number of joules the battery supplies per coulomb of charge. An electric current can exist only in a complete circuit.

    Resistance:

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    Review of Chapter 17
    Ohms law is obeyed if the resistance is constant: The resistance of an object depends on its length, cross-sectional area, and resistivity.

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    Review of Chapter 17
    Power is the rate at which work is done.

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