Frequently Asked Questions
The most often asked electrical questions:
Q: What is Electricity?
((c)1996
William J. Beaty Electrical
Engineer)
A:
1. The scientist's definition: "Electricity" means only one thing: it's the electrons and protons, the electric charge.
- Examples: CURRENT OF ELECTRICITY. QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY. COULOMBS OF ELECTRICITY.
- 2. The everyday definition: "Electricity" means only one thing: the electromagnetic field energy sent out by batteries and generators.
- Examples: PRICE OF ELECTRICITY. KILOWATT-HOURS OF ELECTRICITY.
- 3. The grade-school definition: "Electricity" means only one thing: it refers to the flowing motion of electric charge.
- Examples: "CURRENT" ELECTRICITY. AMPERES OF ELECTRICITY.
- 4. "Electricity" means only one thing: it refers to the amount of imbalance between quantities of electrons and protons.
- Example: "STATIC" ELECTRICITY. DISCHARGE OF ELECTRICITY.
- 5. "Electricity" is nothing other than the classes of phenomena involving electric charges.
- Examples: BIOELECTRICITY, PIEZOELECTRICITY, TRIBOELECTRICITY, THERMOELECTRICITY, ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY ...ETC.
- 6. Other less common definitions:
- "Electricity" refers to the flowing motion of electrical energy (electric power, Watts of electricity)
- "Electricity" really means the electric potential or e-field (Volts of electricity)
- "Electricity" only means the glowing nitrogen/oxygen plasma (sparks of electricity)
- "Electricity" is nothing but a field of science (Basic Electricity, Advanced Electricity)
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