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I have a question which is driving me nuts. I have, in all probability, got the wrong end of the stick somewhere, and if so I would be really grateful if someone could pinpoint my confusion. One reads in introductory Physics books that an electric current IS moving electrons. But I have...

Thanks schip666. But my confusion is still in place. My understanding was that a charge can only be created if a substance rubs against another substance with a different triboelectric characteristic, hence there is a net transfer of electrons. But if particles of ice collide in the turbulence...

First apologies for asking what is in all probability a misconceived question, but here goes. The accounts of the cause of lightning seems to explain it in terms of turbulence in high clouds causing ice particles to become electrically charged by bumping into each other. But this seems...

Actually not at all; but I see your point.

Thanks so much.

Thank you very much Neinstein. Of course now I want to ask two things: 1. Why do electrons like to be in a discrete shell? 2. What determines when a shell is full, is it always when there are eight electrons in it or was that just an example. Apologies if this is moronic, but I have been...

Hi everyone. I find myself in an unusual position; my training is in philosophy, specifically linguistic philosophy and philosophical logic. A publisher friend of mine has asked me to edit an introductory physics title from a purely conceptual perspective, my knowledge of physics is almost nil...