Electricity

Electrical circuits and systems form a basic part of almost all modern physics experiments, and a working knowledge of current electricity and its principles and applications is an essential part of your physics training.

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Lesson resources

• Current electricity basics
• Current electricity notes [PDF]
• Resistances in series and parallel [PDF]
• The potential divider
• Conduction in metals (drift velocity) [PDF]
• Superconductivity
• Resistivity [PDF]
• The potential divider
• Power in electrical circuits
• Internal resistance
• Current–voltage characteristics

Prep

• On current electricity [PDF]
  • Solutions [PDF]
• On resistor combinations [PDF]
  • Solutions [PDF]
• On resistivity [PDF]
  • Solutions [PDF]
• Superconductivity essay (mark scheme on final page; Sign up to create an account and click Clone this project to get started)
• On electrical power [PDF]
  • Solutions [PDF]
• On internal resistance [PDF]
  • Solutions [PDF]
• On electrical components [PDF]