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MrMumbleX
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PLEASE help me by telling me if the following is true (below, when I say going with the flow I mean following the direction of electric field, and when I saw going against flow I mean going in opposite direction of electric field)
Positive charges go with the flow
Negative charges go against the flow
Letting something do what it want to do is loss of energy (I.E., letting gas expand; letting a positive charge go in direction of field lines)
Making it do what it doesn’t want to do is gain of energy (I.E., compressing gas; forcing a positive charge go in direction opposite field lines)
Going with flow is loss of V
Going against flow is gain of V
ALL charged particles go from high PE to low PE
Positive charges go from high electric potential to low electric potential
Negative charges go from low electric potential to high electric potential
This is all based on the equations Delta PE = -qE(Delta X), Delta V = (Delta PE)/q, and V = -E(Delta X), V is voltage (potential difference), q is charge, E is electric field in the x-axis, and X is the position in the x-axis.
Positive charges go with the flow
Negative charges go against the flow
Letting something do what it want to do is loss of energy (I.E., letting gas expand; letting a positive charge go in direction of field lines)
Making it do what it doesn’t want to do is gain of energy (I.E., compressing gas; forcing a positive charge go in direction opposite field lines)
Going with flow is loss of V
Going against flow is gain of V
ALL charged particles go from high PE to low PE
Positive charges go from high electric potential to low electric potential
Negative charges go from low electric potential to high electric potential
This is all based on the equations Delta PE = -qE(Delta X), Delta V = (Delta PE)/q, and V = -E(Delta X), V is voltage (potential difference), q is charge, E is electric field in the x-axis, and X is the position in the x-axis.
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