Electricity - Part 1
Electricity - Part 1
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Objectives
1. Describe electric current as the rate of flow of charges
particles.
2. Make calculations of electric current.
3. Define electromotive force and potential difference.
4. Make calculation of voltage and energy transfer in
components.
5. Evaluate a model of electrical circuits.
6. State Ohm’s law.
7. Calculate resistance.
8. Explain the I-V characteristics of components.
9. Define resistivity.
10. Explain how to measure resistivity experimentally.
11. Make calculation of resistance using resistivity.
12. Explain conduction in metals.
13. Explain electrical resistance.
14. Calculate the drift velocity of conduction electrons
in metals.
15. Explain conduction in semiconductors.
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Material
PART 1 ( topic 3.1) : Electrical quantities
A. The electric charge (Q)
• Electric charge (Q or q) is a scalar physical quantity of
two types , the positive and the negative .
• SIU of charge is the Coulomb (𝐶 ) , it can be measured
in a devise called coulombmeter (the one used in
PEE).
• Electric charge is NOT a basic quantity.
• Charge is conserved (like energy).
• Charge is quantized ( like energy of the photon).
• Charge carrier may be an electron,a proton, or any
charged particle (ions).
• Origin of charge is the positive and negative charges
of electrons and protons in the atom ( to be explained
ore in A2).
• Objects may be
➢ Neutral : when the number protons = the number
electrons in the atoms of the material.
➢ Charged : when the number of protons ≠ number of
electrons in the atoms of the material.
✓ Positive : when No. of proton > No. of electron.
✓ Negative : when No. of protons < No. of electron.
• To charge any neutral object , the balance of protons
and electrons must be broken .This can be done by
adding or removing electrons from the atoms from
the material (neutral object)
Note : ways of charging is not included.
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𝑒𝑚𝑓
𝑡𝑜𝑡. 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑡
=
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔
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D. Power.
• Power is the rate of transferring energy from a
form to another.
𝐸
𝑃=
𝑡
𝑊
= 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝐽𝑠 −1 𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑡 (𝑤)
𝑡
➢ a bulb labelled (60 W) converts 60 J of energy to 60 J of
light and heat in a time of 1 s.
➢ power is dissipated across or transferred across a load
is also can be calculated by
𝑉2
𝑃 = 𝐼𝑉 = 𝐼2 𝑅 = ( to be derived later , this is
𝑅
required ) .
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𝑉
𝑅=
𝐼
unit of resistance (SIU) is 𝑉𝐴−1 = 𝑜ℎ𝑚 (Ω)
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▪ (emf) and (r) are certain values for each power supply , if
r is high then (Ir) is high , lost voltage is high and
terminal voltage is low.
▪ If (r) is low then (Ir) is low , lost voltage is low and
terminal voltage is high.
𝑉𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙
▪ Efficiency of power supply = × 100%
𝑒𝑚𝑓
H. The transport equation.
The equation is
𝑰 = 𝒏×𝑨×𝒗×𝒒
𝐼: 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 (𝐴𝑚𝑝)
𝐴: 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒
𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 (𝑚2 ).
𝑞: 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟 = 𝑒 = 1.6 × 10−19 𝐶
𝑣: 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟
𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛
𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 (𝑚𝑠 −1 ).
𝑛 ∶ charge carrier density of a material which is the number
of charge carrier per unit volume.
𝑁
𝑛=
𝑉
𝑁: 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟
𝑉 ∶ 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 (𝑚3 ).
Unit of (n) is 𝑚−3
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I. Resistivity
• For a metal conductor , like copper , the resistance
depends on four factors as follows
1. Length of wire as 𝑅 ∝ 𝐿
1
2. Cross – section area , as 𝑅 ∝
𝐴
3. Type of material .
4. Temperature , 𝑇 ↑ 𝑅 ↑
𝑑 2
Note 1: 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟 2 = 𝜋( )
2
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So , we can rewrite as
𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝜌) × 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ(𝐿)
𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 =
𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎(𝐴)
And
𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 × 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎
𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 =
𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ
If the length = 1 m area = 1 m2
Then
𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 Ω × 1 𝑚2
𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 =
1𝑚
𝑠𝑜 ∶ 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 1 𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ
𝑎𝑛𝑑 1 𝑚2 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 ( 𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟)
𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑆 𝐸𝑋𝑃𝐿𝐴𝐼𝑁𝑆 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐼𝑁𝐼𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑂𝐹 𝑅𝐸𝑆𝐼𝑆𝑇𝐼𝑉𝐼𝑇𝑌
➢ Unit of resistivity is Ω. 𝑚
➢ Resistivity is a material dependent factor.
➢ Resistivity does not depend on the dimensions of the
material.
➢ Resistivity varies with temperature .
➢ For metals : resistivity is very small value
➢ For insulators : resistivity is a high value
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𝑅
Gradient =
𝐿
𝑅𝐴
𝜌= ,
𝐿
𝑅 𝜌
= = 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑.
𝐿 𝐴
𝜌 = 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑.× 𝐿
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Gradient = 𝑅 × 𝐴
𝑅𝐴
𝜌= ,
𝐿
𝑅 × 𝐴 = 𝜌 × 𝐿 = 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑.
𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑
𝜌=
𝐿
➢ Effect of temperature on resistivity .( very important)
Using the band theory (recommended)
• Valence and conduction bands over lap in metal
conductors. All electrons exist in the conduction
band. All electrons are free to contribute in
conduction of current.
• Valence band and conduction band are separated
by a small gap , there are electrons in the
conduction band ( free electrons) and there are
other electrons in the valence band ( not free
electrons).
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In simple language :
In metals : as metal conductor is heated ( temperature
increases) , the number of free electron does not increase because
all electrons already are free in the conduction band.
Increasing the temperature will increase the KE of these free
electrons and the resistance along with resistivity will increase.
Current will decrease as free electrons act as barrier to each other
due to fast and random motion in all directions .
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• Semiconductors
➢ As temperature increases , lattice expands , collisions of
electrons and atoms will increase , drift velocity
decreases ( like metals).
➢ The charge carrier density will increase as electrons in
the valence band gain energy and over come the gap
between the valence band where they existed and the
conduction band. ( AS TEMPERATURE INCREASES , THE
CHARGE CARRIES DENSITY IN SEMICONDUCTORS INCREASES).
➢ The charge carrier density increases with higher rate than the
decrease in drift velocity.
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➢ Using 𝑰 = 𝒏𝑨𝒒𝒗
o 𝑎𝑠 𝑣 ↓
o (𝐴, 𝑞) 𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑
o 𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠
o 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 .
o 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒
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