On completion of this unit, and as a result of instruction and practical activities, the candidate should be able to:
- Describe the basic concept of a flow of electric current.
- Define the coulomb
- Describe the process of conduction (electron and hole) in metallic conductors and in intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors
- Name practical examples of conductors, insulators and semiconductors
- Describe the heating, magnetic and chemical effects of electric current
- Define current, voltage, resistance, energy and power, and state the units used
- State Ohm's law and use the law to solve simple series and parallel circuits including voltage and current division
- Calculate resistance when dimensions and resistivity are given
- Distinguish between materials with positive and negative temperature coefficients of resistance
- State Kirchhoff’s laws and use them to solve problems for circuits of up to three branches
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