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    Electricity is generated by electric generators or batteries and supplied to homes and businesses by electric utilities. Utilities measure power usage with electricity meters and charge customers by the kilowatt hour. Unlike fossil fuels, electricity can be converted to motion or other forms of energy very efficiently. Electronics deals with electrical circuits using components like transistors and integrated circuits to process information, telecommunications, and signals. Most modern devices use semiconductors to control electron flow, which is studied in solid state physics, while electronics engineering focuses on designing circuits to solve problems. Electromagnetic waves were analyzed by James Clerk Maxwell and have properties of a wave, with changing electric and magnetic fields inducing each other.

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    Electricity is generated by electric generators or batteries and supplied to homes and businesses by electric utilities. Utilities measure power usage with electricity meters and charge customers by the kilowatt hour. Unlike fossil fuels, electricity can be converted to motion or other forms of energy very efficiently. Electronics deals with electrical circuits using components like transistors and integrated circuits to process information, telecommunications, and signals. Most modern devices use semiconductors to control electron flow, which is studied in solid state physics, while electronics engineering focuses on designing circuits to solve problems. Electromagnetic waves were analyzed by James Clerk Maxwell and have properties of a wave, with changing electric and magnetic fields inducing each other.

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    Electricity 1

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    Electricity is generated by electric generators or batteries and supplied to homes and businesses by electric utilities. Utilities measure power usage with electricity meters and charge customers by the kilowatt hour. Unlike fossil fuels, electricity can be converted to motion or other forms of energy very efficiently. Electronics deals with electrical circuits using components like transistors and integrated circuits to process information, telecommunications, and signals. Most modern devices use semiconductors to control electron flow, which is studied in solid state physics, while electronics engineering focuses on designing circuits to solve problems. Electromagnetic waves were analyzed by James Clerk Maxwell and have properties of a wave, with changing electric and magnetic fields inducing each other.

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    ElectricityWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    throughanelectricpotential(voltage)differenceofVis

    where
    Qiselectricchargeincoulombs
    tistimeinseconds
    Iiselectriccurrentinamperes
    Viselectricpotentialorvoltageinvolts
    Electricitygenerationisoftendonewithelectricgenerators,butcanalsobesuppliedbychemicalsources
    suchaselectricbatteriesorbyothermeansfromawidevarietyofsourcesofenergy.Electricpoweris
    generallysuppliedtobusinessesandhomesbytheelectricpowerindustry.Electricityisusuallysoldbythe
    kilowatthour(3.6MJ)whichistheproductofpowerinkilowattsmultipliedbyrunningtimeinhours.
    Electricutilitiesmeasurepowerusingelectricitymeters,whichkeeparunningtotaloftheelectricenergy
    deliveredtoacustomer.Unlikefossilfuels,electricityisalowentropyformofenergyandcanbeconverted
    intomotionormanyotherformsofenergywithhighefficiency.[48]

    Electronics
    Electronicsdealswithelectricalcircuitsthatinvolveactiveelectrical
    componentssuchasvacuumtubes,transistors,diodesandintegrated
    circuits,andassociatedpassiveinterconnectiontechnologies.The
    nonlinearbehaviourofactivecomponentsandtheirabilitytocontrol
    electronflowsmakesamplificationofweaksignalspossibleand
    electronicsiswidelyusedininformationprocessing,
    telecommunications,andsignalprocessing.Theabilityofelectronic
    devicestoactasswitchesmakesdigitalinformationprocessing
    possible.Interconnectiontechnologiessuchascircuitboards,
    electronicspackagingtechnology,andothervariedformsof
    communicationinfrastructurecompletecircuitfunctionalityand
    transformthemixedcomponentsintoaregularworkingsystem.

    Surfacemountelectroniccomponents

    Today,mostelectronicdevicesusesemiconductorcomponentstoperformelectroncontrol.Thestudyof
    semiconductordevicesandrelatedtechnologyisconsideredabranchofsolidstatephysics,whereasthe
    designandconstructionofelectroniccircuitstosolvepracticalproblemscomeunderelectronics
    engineering.

    Electromagneticwave
    Faraday'sandAmpre'sworkshowedthatatimevaryingmagneticfieldactedasasourceofanelectric
    field,andatimevaryingelectricfieldwasasourceofamagneticfield.Thus,wheneitherfieldischanging
    intime,thenafieldoftheotherisnecessarilyinduced.[17]:696700Suchaphenomenonhasthepropertiesof
    awave,andisnaturallyreferredtoasanelectromagneticwave.Electromagneticwaveswereanalysed
    theoreticallybyJamesClerkMaxwellin1864.Maxwelldevelopedasetofequationsthatcould
    unambiguouslydescribetheinterrelationshipbetweenelectricfield,magneticfield,electriccharge,and
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity

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