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Battery and current confusion?

How exactly does a battery produce a current in the circuit connected across its ends? I dont want to know the chemical reactions in the battery core, but just the essence of it. I believe it doesn't ...
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Batteries in series vs parallel

As fa as I understand it, two identicle batteries in parallel will give double the amperage than just one battery and two batteries in series will give double the voltage. If my understanding is ...
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How does the battery create an electric field inside the conducting wire connected to its terminal?

In books, it is not explained exactly how the battery creates an electric field inside the wire. Also, is that the electric field inside the wire only or is it present outside the wire as well?
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is this the reason why current doesn't flow over a resistance if there is another path without resistance? [duplicate]

Let's suppose that a single battery is connected with a wire, which does not have resistance. Electrons will start to flow , in reality, with a wire with resistance, a potential difference would be ...
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