Direct Current Fundamentals
4th Edition
Published on 1. December 1991
Book
Hardback
516 pages
978-0-8273-4146-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book should be of interest to students taking courses in electricity at Colleges of FE.
More details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Clifton Park
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8273-4146-3 (9780827341463)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
An introduction to electricity and electronics. Electricity production and use. Electrostatics. Basic circuit concepts. Scientific notation and metric prefixes. Electrical quantity measurement. Resistance. Ohm's Law. Electrical power and energy. Series circuits. Parallel circuits. Series-parallel circuits and loaded voltage dividers. Conduction in liquids and gases. Batteries. Magnetism and electromagnetism. Applications of electromagnetism. Electrical measuring instruments. Electromagnetic induction. DC generators. Mechanical motion from electrical energy. DC motors. Starters and speed controllers. Electrical heating and lighting. Solving DC networks. Appendix. Glossary. Index.