1st year of post-compulsory secondary education
Electric current
J.L. San Emeterio
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ELEMENTS IN THE CIRCUIT

By clicking on  you can compare the elements of the hydraulic circuit which you have just studied, with a simple electric circuit.

The conducting plates of a capacitator provide us with the potential energy difference  which will begin the movement of the charges. 

We also have a switch, a flow meter for the current and a device which uses it, a light bulb. What do we have to do if we want to keep a constant current for the light bulb?

The concept of a circuit
The hydraulic simile
Elements in the circuit
Characteristic magnitudes
Conclusions
Laws and basic magnitudes
Ohm's law
Power and energy in the circuit
The generalization of the laws
Conclusions
More complex circuits
The arrangement of resistances
The arrangement of generators
A combined circuit
Conclusions
Evaluation