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Electricity Is The Presence and Flow of Electric Charge

Electricity is the flow of electric charge, usually electrons, through conductors. It is a form of energy that occurs naturally through lightning or is produced in generators. Electricity can be static or dynamic, depending on whether the charges are moving. Atoms are composed of a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by electrons. If the number of protons and electrons are equal, the atom is electrically neutral, but an excess or deficit of electrons creates a positive or negative ion. Current is the flow of electric charge carriers through a conductor. It can be direct current, which flows in one direction, or alternating current, where the direction periodically reverses.

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Electricity Is The Presence and Flow of Electric Charge

Electricity is the flow of electric charge, usually electrons, through conductors. It is a form of energy that occurs naturally through lightning or is produced in generators. Electricity can be static or dynamic, depending on whether the charges are moving. Atoms are composed of a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by electrons. If the number of protons and electrons are equal, the atom is electrically neutral, but an excess or deficit of electrons creates a positive or negative ion. Current is the flow of electric charge carriers through a conductor. It can be direct current, which flows in one direction, or alternating current, where the direction periodically reverses.

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Electricity is the presence and flow of electric charge.

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the flow of electrons through conductors such as copper wires.
Electricity is a form of energy that comes in positive and negative forms, that occur
naturally (as in lightning), or is produced (as in generator). It is a form of energy which
we use to power machines and electrical devices. When the charges are not moving,
electricity is called static electricity. When the charges are moving they are an electric
current, sometimes called 'dynamic electricity'. Lightning is the most known - and
dangerous - kind of electricity in nature, but sometimes static electricity causes things to
stick together.
Atom is composed of a nucleus and one or more electronsbound to the nucleus.
The nucleus is made of one or more protonsand typically a similar number of neutrons.
Protons and neutrons are called nucleons. More than 99.94% of an atom's mass is in
the nucleus. The protons have a positive electric charge, the electrons have a negative
electric charge, and the neutrons have no electric charge. If the number of protons and
electrons are equal, that atom is electrically neutral. If an atom has more or fewer
electrons than protons, then it has an overall negative or positive charge, respectively,
and it is called an ion.

Current is a flow of electrical charge carriers, usually electrons or electron-deficient


atoms. The common symbol for current is the uppercase letter I. The standard unit is
the ampere, symbolized by A. One ampere of current represents one coulomb of
electrical charge (6.24 x 1018 charge carriers) moving past a specific point in one
second. Physicists consider current to flow from relatively positive points to relatively
negative points; this is called conventional current or Franklin current. Electrons, the
most common charge carriers, are negatively charged. They flow from relatively
negative points to relatively positive points.

Electric current can be either direct or alternating. Direct current (DC) flows in the same
direction at all points in time, although the instantaneous magnitude of the current might
vary. In an alternating current (AC), the flow of charge carriers reverses direction
periodically. The number of complete AC cycles per second is the frequency, which is
measured in hertz. An example of pure DC is the current produced by an
electrochemical cell. The output of a power-supply rectifier, prior to filtering, is an
example of pulsating DC. The output of common utility outlets is AC.
Current per unit cross-sectional area is known ascurrent density. It is 

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