I have some trouble understanding this concept.
In general current flows in a Circuit, so called because it is circuitous like a loop or circle.
Generally that is the way it works.
What about when I walk across the library rubbing my feet on the carpet and reach for the door knob, Surprise! Static Electric Shock.
Where is the circuit?
To me it seems like some objects can hold a charge as a whole. Not very much in terms of Potential Current but quite a lot in terms of voltage.
My problem with this is I have this notion of electrons being pushed and pulled around.
In order for current flow to exist, electrical charges have to escape their atoms to other atoms.
So that means the energy required to remove one electron from an atom is needed. But electrons repel each other so the atom that receives an electron is opposing it.
So the conceptualization I have is that the whole thing is like a chain that moves in a circle.
If I were to connect two batteries in series by connecting the positive post of one to the negative post of the other, no current will flow?
It is an open circuit. Even though the batteries have differently charged plates...
Whats the reason for circular current flow and the appearance of a contradiction in the form of static electricity??
Thanks.
In general current flows in a Circuit, so called because it is circuitous like a loop or circle.
Generally that is the way it works.
What about when I walk across the library rubbing my feet on the carpet and reach for the door knob, Surprise! Static Electric Shock.
Where is the circuit?
To me it seems like some objects can hold a charge as a whole. Not very much in terms of Potential Current but quite a lot in terms of voltage.
My problem with this is I have this notion of electrons being pushed and pulled around.
In order for current flow to exist, electrical charges have to escape their atoms to other atoms.
So that means the energy required to remove one electron from an atom is needed. But electrons repel each other so the atom that receives an electron is opposing it.
So the conceptualization I have is that the whole thing is like a chain that moves in a circle.
If I were to connect two batteries in series by connecting the positive post of one to the negative post of the other, no current will flow?
It is an open circuit. Even though the batteries have differently charged plates...
Whats the reason for circular current flow and the appearance of a contradiction in the form of static electricity??
Thanks.