After
reading this section you will be able to do
the following:
Explain
how an electrical current is produced.
Electricity is a term used to describe the energy produced
(usually to perform work) when electrons are caused to directional
(not randomly) flow from atom to atom. In fact, the day-to-day
products that we all benefit from, rely on the movement of electrons.
This movement of electrons between atoms is called electrical
current. We will look at how electrical current is produced
and measured in the following pages.
Review
Electricity
is a word used to
describe the directional flow of electrons between atoms.
The directional
movement of electrons between atoms is called electrical
current.
