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phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electric charges. Electric charge is a fundamental property of matter and is borne by elementary particles. In electricity the particle involved is the electron , which carries a charge designated, by convention, as negative. Thus, the various manifestations of electricity are the result of the accumulation or
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Contents of this article: Introduction Electrostatics Static electricity Calculating the value of an electric field Superposition principle Electric potential Deriving electric field from potential Capacitance Principle of the capacitor Dielectrics, polarization, and electric dipole moment Applications of capacitors Direct electric current Basic phenomena and principles Conductors, insulators, and semiconductors Electromotive force Direct-current circuits Resistors in series and parallel Kirchhoff's laws of electric circuits Alternating electric currents Basic phenomena and principles Transient response Alternating-current circuits Behaviour of an AC circuit Resonance Electric properties of matter Piezoelectricity Electro-optic phenomena Thermoelectricity Thermionic emission Secondary electron emission Photoelectric conductivity Electroluminescence Bioelectric effects Additional reading
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