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written by David Stern
A short non-mathematical description of the analogy between fluid flow in pipes and electricity flow in circuits, comparing batteries to pumps, current to flow rate (liters-per-second) and voltage to pressure. At the end the electric field is introduced as the 3-dimensional distribution of voltage in space.
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- Electrostatics
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© 2002 David P. Stern
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current, ohm's law, voltage
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Metadata instance created June 6, 2004 by David Stern
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Stern, D. (2004, September 28). Electricity as a Fluid. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from http://www.phy6.org/Education/welectrc.html
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Stern, David. Electricity as a Fluid. September 28, 2004. http://www.phy6.org/Education/welectrc.html (accessed 25 April 2024).
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