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Name: Electricity/Water Analogy
ID: m17281
Language: English (en)
Summary: An extended analogy comparing electricity to flowing water, to help students develop a more intuitive understanding of the components of electrical circuits.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: battery, capacitor, circuits, current, diode, elecricity, power, resistor, transistor, voltage
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net), Douglas L. Jones (dl-jones@uiuc.edu)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net), Douglas L. Jones (dl-jones@uiuc.edu)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net), Douglas L. Jones (dl-jones@uiuc.edu)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Oct 20, 2006 3:58 pm GMT-5
Last revision to module: Jan 30, 2009 2:46 pm US/Central
Module XML: m17281_1.2.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.2 Jan 30, 2009 2:46 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added 2 figures
Version: 1.1 Jul 24, 2008 7:36 am GMT-5 by Douglas L. Jones
Changes: 
Created module.

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