ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS General Electricity （电气基础通用电）.pdf

ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS General Electricity is a form of energy called electrical The effects of electricity can also be heard, felt, energy. It is sometimes called an unseen force and smelled. A loud crack of lightning is easily because the energy itself cannot be seen, heard, heard, while a fuse blowing may sound like a soft touched, or smelled. pop or snap. With electricity flowing through them, some insulated wires may feel warm and However, the effects of electricity can be seen ... bare wires may produce a tingling or, worse, a lamp gives off light; a motor turns; a cigarette quite a shock. And, of course, the odor of burned lighter gets red hot; a buzzer makes noise. wire insulation is easily smelled. Page 1 © Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. All Rights Reserved. ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS Electron Theory ATOMIC STRUCTURE Electron theory helps to explain electricity. The An atom is like a tiny solar system. The center is basic building block for matter, anything that has called the nucleus, made up of tiny particles called mass and occupies space, is the atom. All matter - protons and neutrons. The nucleus is surrounded solid, liquid, or gas - is made up of molecules, or by clouds of other tiny particles called electrons. atoms joined together. These atoms are the The electrons rotate about the nucleus in fixed smallest particles into which an element or paths called shells or rings. substance can be divided without losing its properties. There are only about