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Neither charge nor volts is a conductor. These are terms for electricity, the movement of electrons along a conductor. A conductor is the medium that carries the charge and a volt is the amount of electrical 'pressure' which is being carried.
A conductor is generally a wire of other copper (sometimes carbon, sometimes aluminum or some other metal) but could be any other material. could be anything resistor, capacitor, ac/dc converter, microchip etc. they all conduct electricity by the method above, altering the properties of the energy.
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What is the difference between current and electricity?
The word Current is a term used to describe the characteristics of electricity, the same way voltage and resistance are used. As an example: voltage is a difference in potental and is often considered the amount of pressure pushing an electrical charge or certain number of electrons through a conductor. This electrical charge is called current. Any conductor has resistance to the flow of charge or current. If for example a conductor has a resistance of 2 ohms and a voltage of 12 volts is applied the resulting current flowing in the circuit can be measured to be 6 ampere..the unit for current. Current is therefore, considered the intensity or amount of charge.Electricity then is the movement of this current of charge The word Current is a term used to describe the characteristics of electricity, the same way voltage and resistance are used. As an example: voltage is a difference in potental and is often considered the amount of pressure pushing an electrical charge or certain number of electrons through a conductor. This electrical charge is called current. Any conductor has resistance to the flow of charge or current. If for example a conductor has a resistance of 2 ohms and a voltage of 12 volts is applied the resulting current flowing in the circuit can be measured to be 6 ampere..the unit for current. Current is therefore, considered the intensity or amount of charge.Electricity then is the movement of this current of charge
What is the current drawn when you have a single phased load of 200KW is supplied at 500v through an overhead line with a resistance of 0.1ohm per conductor?
If the voltage is 500 volts, and the power is 200 kilo-watts, then the current is 400 amperes. (Watts equals Volts time Amperes)The resistance of the conductor has nothing to do with this calculation, but that fact that the conductors are 0.1 ohms means that the voltage drop across each conductor is 40 volts. (Volts equals Amperes times Ohms) Since there are two conductors, the total voltage drop is 80 volts, and the voltage available to the load will be 420 volts.
What is an AC single phase 2 wire system?
two wires coming off the secondary of the transformer ex. residential voltage of 120 volts each line, and one neutral wire, L1 to neutral is 120 volts, L2 to neutral is 120 volts, L1 to L2 is 240 volts.AnswerA single-phase, two-wire, system comprises a line conductor and a neutral conductor. In European countries, the line conductor for a residential supply is at a nominal potential of 230 V with respect to the neutral.In North America, a 'split phase' system is used for residential supplies; this is a single-phase, three-wire, system comprising two line conductors which and a neutral conductor. The nominal potential difference between the line conductor is 240 V, while the potential of each line conductor with respect to the neutral is 120 V.
How does the current flowing in a conductor depend on the number of mobile charge carriers per unit length on their average velocity on the charge per carrier?
the flowing in the conductor is related as given by the relation... I=Vena v=drift velocity of electron e=charge on electron n=concentration of electron in the current carrying conductor . a=area
Why is it easy to charge a non conductor although it is with the hands?
It is easier to charge no-conductors with the hands because the charge generated will not be discharged through our bodies.
