Peice Circuit
what happens to electrons when they flow through a broken circuit?
Lets say we have the following:
___Light Bulb___
|........................|
|........................x
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Peice Circuit
what happens to electrons when they flow through a broken circuit?
Lets say we have the following:
___Light Bulb___
|........................|
|........................x
|........................|
|_____battery___|
where x represents a broken peice in the circuit.
When electrons flow from the battery through the circuit, what happens to them when they reach x (from either direction)?
Thanks all
They pile up on the surface of the conductor on one side of the break and deplete on the surface of the other side of the break until they build up a voltage (through the electric field the positive and negative net charges produce through the insulating medium) across the break equal to the battery voltage. At that point, this voltage and the battery voltage add up to zero net voltage around the circuit and all movement of changes (except for random drift) ceases.
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Regards,
John Popelish
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