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- object for a given potential difference (voltage) across the object. Thus ... The ratio of voltage divided by electric current is also called the ...12 KB (1,798 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- in the electrical potential (also known as voltage) drove a current between ... *Electric potential (often called voltage): The potential energy per ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- (which is determined by the anodizing voltage); it is caused by the interference ... thickness is dependent on the anodizing voltage. Its uses include jewelry ...10 KB (1,610 words) - 05:12, 31 July 2023
- The thermoelectric effect is a phenomenon by which a temperature difference is directly converted to electric voltage and vice versa. On the ...25 KB (3,886 words) - 18:30, 30 April 2023
- those signals/information into current/voltage or digital (high/low) signals ... as transducers) that transform current/voltage signals back into useful ...15 KB (2,062 words) - 16:04, 13 February 2024
- A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator. Cyclotrons accelerate charged particles using a high-frequency, alternating voltage (potential ...12 KB (1,883 words) - 06:53, 12 January 2024
- Georg Simon Ohm was a German physicist who clarified the fundamental relationships between electric current, voltage, and resistance. This relationship ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- well as the availability and variation in voltage-gated ion conductances, ... stimulation passively. In this example, voltage changes measured at the ...15 KB (2,188 words) - 02:26, 25 August 2020
- from the unheated anode surface when the voltage polarity is reversed and ... fi valve amplifiers, and specialized high-voltage equipment. ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- smaller electric field (and thus a smaller voltage), leading to an increased ... strength is required, such as high voltage capacitors and pulse transformers ...14 KB (1,888 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- immersed in the liquid, and an electrical voltage is applied to them. One ... water and connected to a battery or low-voltage DC power supply. (The salt ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 04:29, 27 November 2020
- (called 'plates'). When voltage is applied to the capacitor ... * Mica: Similar to metal film. Often high voltage. Suitable for high ...30 KB (4,519 words) - 19:31, 25 November 2023
- pump thermostats operate on low-voltage (typically 24VAC) control ... ===Line voltage thermostats=== Line voltage thermostats are most commonly ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 18:31, 30 April 2023
- to a thermal gradient, it will generate a voltage. This is now known as the ... gradient between terminals. Hence, the voltage from a known cold junction ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- The perception of electric shock can vary, depending on the voltage ... Heating due to resistance can cause extensive and deep burns. Voltage ...22 KB (3,364 words) - 00:16, 13 February 2024
- * Charge transferred from a high-voltage electrode * Charge created ... a horseshoe magnet. It produced a small DC voltage, and large amounts of current. ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- accelerated, so a carefully controlled AC voltage is applied to each plate ... are Cockcroft-Walton generators, or voltage multipliers, which convert ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- the rate of current is proportional to the voltage (Ohm's law), provided the temperature remains constant and the material remains in the ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- When a voltage is applied across the electrodes, a torque acts to ... that it appears bright with no applied voltage. With this setup, the dark ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 04:22, 29 October 2022
- opposes an electric current by producing a voltage drop between its terminals ... resistance (R) of the resistor, the voltage drop (V) across the resistor ...24 KB (3,494 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- equivalent to what was called the internal voltage source in the previous section ... the SI unit of electromotive force. The voltage across the terminals of ...31 KB (4,897 words) - 11:28, 20 September 2023
- circuited, the applied charge induces a voltage across the material. The ... === High voltage and power sources === Direct piezoelectricity of some ...25 KB (3,464 words) - 06:13, 24 November 2022
- A number of high voltage dry piles were invented between the early ... devices which produce very high voltage at very low current and ...18 KB (2,558 words) - 16:05, 13 February 2024
- for capacitors and for insulating high-voltage electrical equipment. As ... they have been used as insulators in high-voltage electrical equipment. ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- "negative resistance." Once the voltage across the device reaches ... A piezoelectric material develops a voltage difference between two faces ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 23:57, 3 December 2023
- #039;s power network was based on low-voltage DC, which meant large currents ... and Stanley installed the first multiple-voltage AC power system in Great ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 00:24, 24 November 2022
- from the apparent power, when the current and voltage are both sinusoids with a known phase angle between them: :\mbox{(real power)} = \mbox { ...5 KB (743 words) - 00:16, 13 February 2024
- heater current or elevated cathode voltage. Once the CRT has warmed ... It is most useful for the horizontal voltage to repeatedly increase linearly ...37 KB (6,021 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- A transistor is a semiconductor device that uses a small amount of voltage or electrical current to control a larger change in voltage or current ...30 KB (4,329 words) - 02:07, 2 May 2023
- V/cm as compared to five to ten V/cm). At a given voltage, the heat generation and thus the gel temperature is much lower than with TBE or TAE buffers ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- that cross paths at a cell, creating a voltage difference between front ... can be maintained by applying low-level voltage between all horizontal and ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 20:45, 9 April 2023
- An alternating voltage applied to one winding creates a time-varying ... Transformers are essential for high voltage power transmission, which ...40 KB (5,952 words) - 02:06, 2 May 2023
- part of the motor across which the input voltage is supplied. Depending upon ... is also common, with a fixed field voltage, the speed being controlled ...46 KB (7,150 words) - 00:15, 13 February 2024
- when Wildman Whitehouse applied excessive voltage to the cable while trying ... Whitehouse believed that, with enough voltage, any cable could be driven ...19 KB (2,734 words) - 21:23, 26 February 2023
- styles are usually started using pulses of high voltage. ... When power is applied, there is sufficient voltage to strike an arc between ...36 KB (5,574 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2022
- of the condemned person. Typically, an initial voltage of around 2,000 volts is applied for up to 15 seconds both to induce unconsciousness and to stop ...11 KB (1,758 words) - 02:55, 29 December 2021
- electron microscopy (TEM) involves a high voltage electron beam emitted by ... Unlike the TEM, where electrons of the high voltage beam form the ...20 KB (2,873 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- light from the fingers or stylus. The voltage thus induced in the reverse ... positive electrical polarity. When the voltage across the p-n junction ...41 KB (6,290 words) - 01:16, 26 October 2022
- * high-voltage indicators * lightning arrestors * wave meter tubes * television tubes == External links == All links retrieved November 11, 2022. ...6 KB (841 words) - 16:18, 11 November 2022
- to flow. Connected directly to a constant-voltage mains power line, a fluorescent ... instead. For operation from AC mains voltage, the use of simple inductor ...43 KB (6,681 words) - 17:46, 28 March 2024
- regained some popularity recently in low-voltage tracks, which often look ... made up of small low wattage, low voltage lamps in a track or translucent ...20 KB (3,109 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- is connected to the positive side of a low voltage direct-current power source ... Low force/low voltage separable connectors used in telecommunications ...13 KB (1,984 words) - 17:16, 29 December 2021
- electric organ discharges (EODs), which may be low voltage for electrolocation and high voltage to stun prey or offer protection. ====Fossil record==== ...14 KB (1,774 words) - 17:27, 17 December 2022
- its structure with the application of high-voltage pulses. This addresses problems ... requires application of higher than usual voltage. Repeated exposure to UV ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 19:08, 16 April 2023
- A typical PEM fuel cell produces a voltage from 0.6 V to 0.7 V at ... * Ohmic loss (voltage drop due to resistance of the cell components ...40 KB (5,810 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024
- are biased with a fixed charge (Q). The voltage maintained across the capacitor ... the audio signal, and lowpass for the bias voltage. Note that the time constant ...49 KB (7,389 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- just as it is impossible to set up a voltage difference in a superconductor. Superfluid helium also exhibits a "creeping" effect—some ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- that regulate megawatts of power on high voltage distribution lines. In applications ... high, allowing a wide range of high voltage or high amperage applications ...28 KB (4,495 words) - 14:19, 28 April 2023
- until about 1980. Robert Moog developed voltage controlled oscillators and ... was a collection of modules of voltage-controlled envelope generators ...23 KB (3,345 words) - 16:02, 13 February 2024
- If a chemical reaction is driven by an external applied voltage, as ... Sturgeon with mercury would produce a better voltage. [[Image:Arrhenius2 ...56 KB (8,590 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- "I" and measure the resulting voltage "U" across the ... If the voltage is zero, then the resistance is zero, which means that ...21 KB (3,041 words) - 23:46, 26 February 2023
- energy, or changes alternating current from one voltage level to a different voltage level. ====Electronic machine==== Electronics ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- of as arising as a response to an applied voltage, currents in the magnetosphere ... field (rather than from any driving voltage), a consequence of "Ampére ...23 KB (3,695 words) - 05:21, 5 November 2022
- of capacitors and insulation for high-voltage electrical equipment. Diamonds ... which means that they can generate a voltage in response to applied mechanical ...24 KB (3,432 words) - 06:31, 11 January 2024
- rubber (EPR) is useful as insulation for high voltage cables. Thermoplastic elastomers are relatively easy to use in manufacturing processes, such as ...7 KB (1,017 words) - 07:38, 10 August 2023
- in the world with 220-240V household voltage. *BC or B22 or double ... standard sizes of screw-in sockets used for line-voltage lamps: ...44 KB (6,810 words) - 12:43, 4 March 2024
- current power supplies and constant voltage power supplies. In arc welding ... where Q = heat input (kJ/mm), V = voltage (V), I = current (A), and ...41 KB (6,376 words) - 23:28, 3 May 2023
- (named the collector). However, when the voltage was reversed the electrons ... down onto the surface of a crystal and voltage applied to the other side ...37 KB (5,657 words) - 17:50, 25 January 2023
- electrodes for discharges of a high voltage electric current. He found ... contains a gas, and a wire, and a high voltage is applied between the cylinder ...25 KB (3,822 words) - 14:14, 20 May 2023
- it to the maximum stopping potential (voltage) in a phototube. He found ... harnessed, creating electric current at a voltage related to the bandgap energy. ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 04:26, 24 November 2022
- in series in modules, creating an additive voltage. Connecting cells in parallel ... The voltage measured is equal to the difference in the quasi Fermi ...90 KB (13,568 words) - 15:08, 27 April 2023
- noise (see Johnson–Nyquist noise) voltage or current of an electrical ... use the Seebeck effect to generate a voltage, resistance thermometers ...25 KB (3,599 words) - 01:20, 19 April 2023
- a shock to the learner, with the voltage increasing for each wrong answer. for each shock level. After a number of voltage level increases, the actor ...34 KB (5,093 words) - 15:49, 27 April 2023
- using a mercury vapor lamp, or (b) a high-voltage electric field in a process called cold discharge or corona discharge. The cold discharge apparatus ...30 KB (4,607 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- a supplemental oscillatory excitation voltage is applied to the endcap ... ion source, a metallic filament to which voltage is applied. This filament ...44 KB (6,414 words) - 16:19, 7 November 2022
- the two types differing only in intensity (voltage) and quantity (strength of the current). The next year, he discovered in experiments on prisms ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 11:01, 9 May 2023
- motors. AC-powered fans usually use mains voltage, while DC-powered fans use ... and the convenience of wiring such a low voltage, such fans usually operate ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- When two electrodes are placed in an electrolyte and a voltage is applied, one electrode, called the cathode, becomes negatively charged; the ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 08:06, 29 December 2021
- reacts with an electrode to induce a current or voltage change. == Notes == == References == * Butler, A. R., and R. Nicholson. 2003. Life, Death ...12 KB (1,673 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- mechanism is thought to provide a driving voltage for these currents on the ... This voltage accelerates electrons to auroral energies and seems to ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- occurs at the slightest imposition of a voltage between the two poles of an electrolytic apparatus. It had already been proposed that, at the ...13 KB (1,927 words) - 21:04, 21 December 2022
- and an influx of calcium through voltage-gated calcium channels. Calcium triggers the exocytosis of chromaffin granules and thus the release ...13 KB (1,794 words) - 16:18, 15 February 2021
- such an impulse by modifying the local membrane voltage potential. In the central nervous system, combined input from several synapses is usually ...16 KB (2,070 words) - 16:26, 11 November 2022
- to a control unit via either a low-voltage hardwire or narrowband RF signal, which is used to interact with a response device. The most common ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- much as it is impossible to set up a voltage difference in a superconductor.) One of the most spectacular results of these properties is known ...15 KB (2,275 words) - 17:44, 28 March 2024
- in older technology rechargables is a rapid voltage drop at the end of their useful charge. This is concerning in devices like smoke detectors since ...15 KB (2,419 words) - 14:59, 27 April 2023
- of a cyclotron, gyrotron, or high voltage magnetron is given by f ... with a 5.11 kV. direct current accelerating voltage. ===The classical ...33 KB (4,963 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- Annalen der Physik. His receiver was a coil with a voltage difference maintained across a spark gap, which would issue a spark in the presence of electromagnetic ...15 KB (2,237 words) - 15:17, 25 January 2023
- such as a "high" or "low" voltage. The physical ... * CPU core voltage * CPU design * CPU power dissipation ...48 KB (7,311 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- group metal alloy compositions are used in low-voltage and low-energy contacts, thick- and thin-film circuits, thermocouples and furnace components ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2022
- field near the electrode during negative voltage peaks from the oscillating ... #039;s advantages for long distance high voltage transmission were counterbalanced ...61 KB (9,138 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- is given an electrostatic charge by either a high voltage wire called a corona wire or a charge roller. The drum is coated with a photoconductive material ...16 KB (2,312 words) - 22:46, 28 March 2023
- quot; is usually in the form of a voltage or current. In popular use, the term today usually refers to an electronic amplifier, often for audio ...18 KB (2,580 words) - 09:26, 18 June 2021
- dry cells, these batteries produce a higher voltage (3 volts versus 1.5 volts). Additional uses of lithium, its alloys, and its compounds are as follows: ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 04:29, 29 October 2022
- charge into a continuous analog voltage at the imager's output ... digital in nature and there is no analogue voltage signal to digitize because ...34 KB (5,130 words) - 18:53, 25 November 2023
- loop around the area will have an induced voltage generated by this changing ... is defined (in SI units) in terms of the voltage induced per unit area on ...54 KB (8,712 words) - 10:50, 9 March 2023
- which converts the charge into a voltage. By repeating this process, the controlling circuit converts the entire semiconductor contents of the ...19 KB (2,914 words) - 01:46, 4 December 2023
- He also found that he could alter the current and voltage induced in a secondary coil by changing the number of windings in the coil. ...17 KB (2,674 words) - 00:41, 11 August 2022
- from power outages while the electrical supply voltage has proven unstable, making voltage stabilisers popular with many households. Darjeeling Gorkha ...33 KB (4,712 words) - 06:27, 15 January 2023
- Image:Square1.jpg|High voltage breakdown within a 4″ block of acrylic creates a fractal Lichtenberg figure. Image:Microwaved-DVD.jpg|Fractal ...19 KB (2,648 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- lightbulb for just under two months. The voltage depends on the length of ... in each case may consist of differences in voltage levels between the clouds ...51 KB (7,568 words) - 08:38, 8 March 2023
- a source of steady electricity. The voltage fluctuates requiring the installation of voltage stabilizers. Per capita consumption of electricity ...35 KB (5,094 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- controlled from the desktop with changing voltage: a nanotube nanomotor, a ... bound the CO to the Fe by applying a voltage. == Current research == ...39 KB (5,416 words) - 02:44, 11 March 2023
- *Lead is used as sheathing material for high-voltage power cables, to prevent water diffusion into insulation. *Lead is used for the ballast keel ...18 KB (2,664 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- Low-voltage lighting, typically 12 volt direct current, is used to minimize electrical hazards. Lighting is often submerged and must be suitably ...20 KB (2,954 words) - 06:37, 1 April 2024
- between the anode and cathode which, when the voltage was changed, regulated the current flow. The new tube could be used as an amplifier, in much the ...19 KB (2,827 words) - 18:59, 25 October 2022
- pump storage power stations, and high-voltage direct current (HVDC) plants. In these cases, PLC systems working in the longwave range are often used. ...20 KB (3,126 words) - 03:59, 8 December 2022
- Silver (silver cadmium oxide) is also used in high voltage contacts because it can minimize electric arcing. * Mirrors that need superior reflectivity ...20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- of ratios, such as power levels and voltage levels. It is mostly used in telecommunication, electronics, and acoustics. It is used, in part, ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 20:58, 3 November 2022
- Systems Laboratories has been developing ultra low-voltage input booster technology which can play a significant role in boosting the performance of ...22 KB (3,054 words) - 05:01, 15 November 2022
