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Does the Conventional Current flow consist out of anything? (virtual photons)
I've red that virtual photons are a way of interpreting the electromagnetic force between charged particles. Is convention current a electromagnetic field or force? Or is it a movement of ...
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How do electric currents make light?
In an incandescent light bulb, electrons flow through wires to the bulb, where is passes through a filament, and the filament lights up.
Does this work because of several high energy electrons losing ...
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Photocurrent's dependence on frequency [duplicate]
Sounds like a rookie question, this, but could someone please explain to me why doesn't photocurrent increase when we increase the frequency of the incident radiation? I mean, an increase in frequency ...
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Electricity from lightning
According to the internet, a lightning strike contains about 5 billion joules or 5 GJ. How was this calculated?
Another thing: Once the lightning strike a metal grounded rod, a current will flow. ...
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