Why do you want the lights in a circuit in parallel instead of series
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Answer:
Electromagnetic force
Explanation:
There are four fundamental forces in nature:
- Gravity: it is the force that is exerted between any objects with mass. It is the weakest of all forces, so it is only relevant at planetary scales. It is always attractive, and it has an infinite range.
- Electromagnetic force: it is the force exerted between charged objects and between magnets (it is responsible for electric fields and magnetic fields). It is the 2nd strongest force, and it is the force that holds atoms in a molecule together. It can be attractive or repulsive, and it has an infinite range.
- Strong nuclear force: it is the strongest of all forces. It is responsible for holding the nucleons together inside the nucleus, and it is attractive. It has a very limited range (), so it is relevant only at very small scales
- Weak nuclear force: it is the force responsible for radioactive decays and neutrino interactions. It also has a very short range (
Looking at all these definitions, we see that the term that defines the force that acts between charged particles is the electromagnetic force.
Answer:
Reactance
Explanation:
In an AC circuit, the capacitive reactance of a capacitor is given by:
where
f is the frequency of the AC current
C is the capacitance of the capacitor
The reactance of the capacitor tells somehow the "resistance" of the capacitor to the passage of current through it. In fact:
- When the frequency of the AC current is zero (this means, we are in regime of DC current), the reactance becomes infinite, and this is true because the capacitor does not let the current pass through it)
- When the frequency of the AC current tends to infinite, the reactance becomes zero, and this is true because in this case the current changes direction so fast that the capacitor has not enough time to "block" the current, so the current almost no feels the presence of the capacitor.