Electric Circuits

1. Electric Circuits AP Physics B

2. Potential Difference =Voltage=EMF In a battery, a series of chemical reactions occur in which electrons are transferred from one terminal to another. There is a _________________________ between these poles. The _________________________a power source can have is called the _________________ _________, e. The term isn't actually a force, simply the amount of energy per charge (J/C or V)

3. A Basic Circuit All electric circuits have three main parts

4. Electricity can be symbolic of Fluids Circuits are very similar to water flowing through a pipe • A pump basically works on TWO IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES concerning its flow • There is a PRESSURE DIFFERENCE where the flow begins and ends • A certain AMOUNT of flow passes each SECOND. • A circuit basically works on TWO IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES • There is a "POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE aka VOLTAGE" from where the charge begins to where it ends • The AMOUNT of CHARGE that flows PER SECOND is called  CURRENT.

5. Current Current is defined as the rate at which charge flows through a surface.

6. Example The disk in a portable CD player is connected to a battery that supplies it with a current of 0.22 A. How many electrons pass through the drive in 4.5 s?

7. There are 2 types of Current

8. Conventional vs. Actual Current • Scientists used to believe that positive charges moved through metal wires, but now we know that electrons (negative charges) are what moves. • Conventional current is the hypothetical flow of positive charges that would have the same effect in the circuit as the movement of negative charges that actually does occur. • The direction of conventional current is always from a point of higher potential (positive terminal) toward a point of lower potential (negative terminal).

9. Ohm’s Law R= resistance = slope

10. Example A potential difference of 24 V is applied to a 150 Ω resistor. How much current flows through the resistor?

11. Resistance Resistance (R) – is defined as the restriction of electron flow. It is due to interactions that occur at the atomic scale. For example, as electron move through a conductor they are attracted to the protons on the nucleus of the conductor itself. This attraction doesn’t stop the electrons, just slow them down a bit and cause the system to waste energy.

12. Resistance depends on…

13. Example A current of 1.82 A flows through a copper wire 1.75 m long and 1.10 mm in diameter. Find the potential difference between the ends of the wire. The resistivity for copper is 1.68 x 10-8.

14. How does the resistivity in these two wires compare?

15. Electrical POWER We have already learned that POWER is the rate at which work (energy) is done. Circuits that are a prime example of this as batteries only last for a certain amount of time AND we get charged an energy bill each month based on the amount of energy we used over the course of a month…aka POWER.

16. POWER It is interesting to see how certain electrical variables can be used to get POWER. Let’s take Voltage and Current for example.

17. Other useful power formulas These formulas can also be used! They are simply derivations of the POWER formula with different versions of Ohm's law substituted in.

18. Also.. • Power is measured in watts [1 watt = 1 J/sec]. This quantity is CONSERVED in circuits; that is, the power supplied by the battery must be equal to the power consumed by all of the resistors in the circuit. • Sometimes problems will ask you to calculate power by asking for "the rate at which heat [i.e. energy] is dissipated through a circuit element." • Rearranging the definition gives us another often used expression, Pt = Energy …in this case “Energy” refers to energy dissipated

19. Example A handheld electric fan operates on a 3.00 V battery. If the power generated by the fan is 2.24 W, what is the current supplied by the battery?

20. Schematic Symbols Before you begin to understand circuits you need to be able to draw what they look like using a set of standard symbols understood anywhere in the world

21. The Voltmeter and Ammeter The voltmeter and ammeter cannot be just placed anywhere in the circuit. They must be used according to their DEFINITION. Current goes THROUGH the ammeter Since a voltmeter measures voltage or POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE it must be placed ACROSS the device you want to measure. That way you can measure the CHANGE on either side of the device. Voltmeter is drawn ACROSS the resistor Since the ammeter measures the current or FLOW it must be placed in such a way as the charges go THROUGH the device.

22. Simple Circuit When you are drawing a circuit it may be a wise thing to start by drawing the battery first, then follow along the loop (closed) starting with positive and drawing what you see.

23. Ways to Wire Circuits There are 2 basic ways to wire a circuit. Keep in mind that a resistor could be ANYTHING ( bulb, toaster, ceramic material…etc)

24. Series Circuit In in series circuit, the resistors are wired one after another. Since they are all part of the SAME LOOP they each experience the SAME AMOUNT of current. In figure, however, you see that they all exist BETWEEN the terminals of the battery, meaning they SHARE the potential (voltage).

25. Series Circuit As the current goes through the circuit, the charges must USE ENERGY to get through the resistor. So each individual resistor will get its own individual potential voltage). We call this VOLTAGE DROP.

26. Example A series circuit is shown to the left. • What is the total resistance? • What is the total current? • What is the current across EACH resistor? • What is the voltage drop across each resistor?( Apply Ohm's law to each resistor separately)

27. Parallel Circuit In a parallel circuit, we have multiple loops. So the current splits up among the loops with the individual loop currents adding to the total current It is important to understand that parallel circuits will all have some position where the current splits and comes back together. We call these JUNCTIONS. The current going IN to a junction will always equal the current going OUT of a junction. Junctions

28. Parallel Circuit Notice that the JUNCTIONS both touch the POSTIVE and NEGATIVE terminals of the battery. That means you have the SAME potential difference down EACH individual branch of the parallel circuit. This means that the individual voltages drops are equal. DV This junction touches the POSITIVE terminal This junction touches the NEGATIVE terminal

29. Example To the left is an example of a parallel circuit. a) What is the total resistance? b) What is the total current? c) What is the voltage across EACH resistor? d) What is the current drop across each resistor? (Apply Ohm's law to each resistor separately)

30. Compound (Complex) Circuits Many times you will have series and parallel in the SAME circuit. Solve this type of circuit from the inside out. WHAT IS THE TOTAL RESISTANCE?

31. Compound (Complex) Circuits Suppose the potential difference (voltage) is equal to 120V. What is the total current? What is the VOLTAGE DROP across the 80W resistor?

32. Compound (Complex) Circuits What is the current across the 100W and 50W resistor? What is the VOLTAGE DROP across the 100W and 50W resistor?

33. Internal Resistance • This is resistance within an electrical device such as a battery or generator. • This resistance causes the actual voltage between the terminals to drop below the maximum value specified by the battery’s emf. • The actual voltage between the terminals of a battery is known as terminal voltage. Predictably, we will often ignore the internal resistance.

34. 5 A 2 A 7 A Kirchhoff’s Rules Junction Rule – total current directed into a junction must equal the total current directed out of the junction:

36. Kirchhoff’s Rules (cont.) • Loop Rule – for a closed circuit loop, the total of all the potential rises is the same as the total of all the potential drops. (in general, emf sources cause potential rises; resistors cause potential drops) • The rules for assigning SIGNS to the voltage changes across a resistor in a closed loop for Kirchhoff's loop rule are: • voltage drop (-) if the direction of the current agrees with the direction of the loop. • voltage rise (+) if the direction of the current opposes the direction of the loop. • The rules for assigning SIGNS to the voltage changes across a battery in a closed loop for Kirchoff’s loop rule are: • voltage drop V = -ε if the direction of the loop crosses a battery from + to - (high to low ) • voltage rise V = +ε if the direction of the loop crosses a battery from - to + (low to high)

39. Using MORE than 1 capacitor Let’s say you decide that 1 capacitor will not be enough to build what you need to build. You may need to use more than 1. There are 2 basic ways to assemble them together Series – One after another Parallel – between a set of junctions and parallel to each other.

40. Capacitors in Series Capacitors in series each charge each other by INDUCTION. So they each have the SAME charge. The electric potential on the other hand is divided up amongst them. In other words, the sum of the individual voltages will equal the total voltage of the battery or power source.

41. Capacitors in Parallel In a parallel configuration, the voltage is the same because ALL THREE capacitors touch BOTH ends of the battery. As a result, they split up the charge amongst them.

42. RC Circuits – contain both resistors and capacitors.

43. battery resistor switch capacitor Charged capacitors have voltage but not resistance: V = IR is not applicable since no currents flow THROUGH a capacitor. In considering Kirchoff’s Loop Rule with capacitors, the capacitor is treated as a battery. Any resistors on the same branch of a circuit as a capacitor receive no current, and therefore do NOT lose any voltage. After the switch is closed and steady state conditions have been reached, no current will be flowing through the 3-ohm resistor since the capacitor will be fully charged. Know these circuit symbols! (Note: the longer bar of the battery symbol is +)