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9. Electricity

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  1. 9.1 Electric current

    1. 9.1.1An electric current is a flow of charge carriers

      • understand that an electric current is a flow of charge carriers

    2. 9.1.2The charge on charge carriers is quantised

      • understand that the charge on charge carriers is quantised

    3. 9.1.3Q = It

      • recall and use Q = It

    4. 9.1.4Use, for a current-carrying conductor, the expression I = Anvq

      • use, for a current-carrying conductor, the expression I = Anvq, where n is the number density of charge carriers

  2. 9.2 Potential difference and power

    1. • define the potential difference across a component as the energy transferred per unit charge

    2. • recall and use V = W / Q

    3. • recall and use P = VI, P = I 2R and P = V 2 / R

  3. 9.3 Resistance and resistivity

    1. • define resistance

    2. • recall and use V = IR

    3. • sketch the I–V characteristics of a metallic conductor at constant temperature, a semiconductor diode and a filament lamp

    4. • explain that the resistance of a filament lamp increases as current increases because its temperature increases

    5. • state Ohm’s law

    6. • recall and use R = ρL / A

    7. • understand that the resistance of a light-dependent resistor (LDR) decreases as the light intensity increases

    8. • understand that the resistance of a thermistor decreases as the temperature increases (it will be assumed that thermistors have a negative temperature coefficient)