1st year of post-compulsory secondary education
Electric current
J.L. San Emeterio
EC Unit
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OHM's LAW

  Ohm investigated the relation between the intensity of a current which flows through an element in a circuit and the potential difference between the two ends of this element. To reproduce his investigation we will use two devices you are already familiar with:

                        

 

 The ammeter, connected in series with the element we are studying. 

 

 

 The voltmeter, connected in parallel between the two ends of this element.
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The concept of a circuit
The hydraulic simile
Elements in the circuit
Characteristic magnitudes
Conclusions
Laws and basic magnitudes
Ohm's law
Power and energy in the circuit
The generalization of the laws
Conclusions
More complex circuits
The arrangement of resistances
The arrangement of generators
A combined circuit
Conclusions
Evaluation