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14810960 No.14810960 [Reply] [Original]

If 1 volt is defined as:
>the electric potential between two points of a conducting wire when an electric current of one ampere dissipates one watt of power between those points.
then how come 1 volt =/= 1 amp?

>> No.14810970

>>14810960
electric potential is not electric flow.

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>> No.14811080

Because no wire or substance has zero resistance.

>> No.14811151

>>14810960
>If 1 volt is defined as defined as...
...but it is not defined thus.

>> No.14811237

>>14810979
kek

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>>14810960
because 1 volt = 1 watt / 1 amp. you can't just ignore the amps

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>>14811427
oops i meant watts

>> No.14811698

>>14810960
voltage describes how badly electrons want to move and amperage describes how many electrons are moving. they are two different things. it is like asking why 1 psi =/= 1 gpm.

>> No.14812566

>>14810960
with water analogy.

Current is how fast river is moving, can be a large or small river. Naturally the potential energy difference between two points is larger in the big river, by virtue of there being more water

>> No.14813113

I want to insult you but at least you are actually asking something out of curiosity and that already makes this a better thread than most on /sci/