Recent content by gvlr96

Electrons don't 'hit' protons, they latch onto them without making direct contact and orbit around them until they are forced to move to the next atom. Also, the number of nuclei an electron moves between doesn't cause resistance. It could more accurately be seen as the difficulty of getting...

I am aware of the skin effect, but I wasn't really thinking about it at the time. Would the skin effect be able to cause the same stop in current at high frequency?

A work colleague of mine told me that if you have an AC voltage across a wire and the frequency is high enough, there would not be any current, because electrons don't have time to move from one atom from another. Is there any truth behind this?

I'm not big on renewables, but your comment on solar panels is silly. The US has a low population density and plenty of empty desert space to build solar panels. Out of the way and somewhere they will be at their most efficient.

I'm not American but clues from your post indicate that you are so I will do this from an American Perspective. The way I see it, coal needs to be gone, nuclear and hydroelectric are the best options and a country which takes the risks to be a leader in new tech is at an advantage as it can sell...

GPU's aren't just for gaming. If you use the CPU for graphics I know from experience that even basic web page stuff will take time to load on Pentium processors. I'm not so sure about how an i7 copes with this so you may want to check that out first, but a basic graphics cards below gaming...

There is a documentary called 'Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity: by the BBC. Its a good watch and it describes the methods in which charge was generated for shows and experiments in the last 4ish centuries. By watching it you can learn not only how it was generated, by the kind of stunts...

So it gets destroyed but still can do its job - thank you.

I can't really explain my query fully in the space of a title but after hearing an explanation about how nuclear bombs work there is one thing I don't understand - the fissile material is in the centre, around that is the neutron deflector and around that the conventional explosives (this is...

Hi, new member here. Studying Electrical/Electronic engineering with an interest in physics. I am hoping to learn a thing or two.