Electricity How is it made?. What is Electricity? The flow of electrons in usually in metals Metals are good electrical conductors because of the way.

Electricity

How is it made?

What is Electricity?

• The flow of electrons in usually in metals

• Metals are good electrical conductors because of the way the share electrons, there are “Free electrons” that can move through out the metal.

Electromagnetism

• If you run electricity through a wire

you will generate a magnetic field

• If you move a magnet near a wire, you will generate an electric current

Generators

• This generator is spinning a coil of wire inside of a magnet

• This generator moves a magnet near a coil of copper wire to generate a current

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Power Plants

• Most power plants burn something

• to generate steam

• which is used to turn a turbine

• Which generates electricity

A motor is a generator

• You can either use electricity to run a motor….

• Or you can use mechanical energy to generate an electrical current.

• Just depends on what is driving it…