What is Direct Current? – DC

Direct Current (DC), is the result of the flow of electrons (negative charge) in a conductor (most of the time, wires of copper) that goes only in one direction.

What is Electrical Resistivity?

Electrical resistivity [ρ] (rho) is a characteristic of materials and has ohm-meter unit. Resistivity indicates how much the material opposes the flow of electric current.

Definition of inductance

An inductor has the property to oppose any change in the current passing through it.

This property is called inductance. When a current flows through a conductor, a magnetic field is created.

Capacitor and Direct Current

If a battery is connected to a capacitor, it will allows no direct current (DC) to flow through. If a not charged capacitor is connected across the terminals of a battery, a transient current flows as the capacitor plates charge up.

Capacitor and Direct Current. Current starts from its maximum value and decreases to 0 amps. This current is called “transient current”.

Ohm’s Law explanation

You can establish a relation between the battery voltage, the resistor’s value and the electric current that passes through this resistor. This relation is: I = V/R and it is known as the Ohm’s Law.

The Superposition Theorem

The Superposition theorem states that the effect of two or more voltage sources in a resistor is equal to the sum of the individual effects of each source taken separately, replacing all the remaining voltage sources with short circuits.

What is Electrical Resistance? Obtaining a material’s resistance

The electrical resistance is a measurement of the opposition that offers a material to the passage of electrons (the electric current). When a material, such as metals has many free electrons, it allows the easy flow of electrons and it is called conductor.

Mesh analysis in a resistor network – Mesh current method in a resistor network.

Mesh current analysis or the mesh current method is a technique used to find the currents circulating around a mesh with in any closed path of a circuit.

Resistors in series and parallel How to obtain the equivalent resistor value of resistors in series and parallel. Resistors in series To implement a circuit with resistors in series you have to connect one resistor after the other one. (see the image). The equivalent resistor value of the resistors connected in series is equal to the […]

First Right Hand Rule

The First Right Hand Rule or (Magnetic Force induced on a Current-Carrying Wire) says that if a current-carrying wire is in the presence of a magnetic field, a force is exerted on the wire.

Capacitor Discharge Process.

In a series RC circuit, a capacitor does not immediately discharge after being disconnected from a power source of direct current. The capacitor voltage Vc decreases from the initial voltage on the capacitor to 0 volts in some amount of time.

The capacitor charging process

The capacitor charging process shows the variation of voltage and current in the capacitor over time, when it is connected to a DC voltage source