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Electrical conductors
Physics; General physics
The materials that have free electrons and allow current to flow through them.
Electrical insulators
Physics; General physics
The materials which do not allow current to flow through them.
Electromagnetic induction
Physics; General physics
The process in which current is induced in a coil whenever there is a change in the magnetic flux linked with the coil.
Electron volt
Physics; General physics
The energy gained by an electron when it passes through a potential difference of one volt, it is equal to 1.60 x 10-19 Joules.
Escape velocity
Physics; General physics
The minimum velocity with which an object must be thrown upwards so as to overcome the gravitational pull, it is equal to , where M is the mass of the planet and R is the radius of the planet.
Farad
Physics; General physics
The S.I.unit of capacitance, defined as the capacitance of a capacitor that, if charged to 1 C, has a potential difference of 1 V.
Fermat's principle
Physics; General physics
An electromagnetic wave takes a path that involves the least time when propagating between two points.
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