Electricity

The battery · in layers, toward the atom

1. The batteryA chemical reaction that wants to happen, not stored electricity.
2. Inside the cellIons go through the inside; electrons are forced around the outside.
3. CurrentElectrons move at a walking pace; it is the push that is instant.
4. VoltageVoltage is not something that flows: it is a difference, like a slope.
5. Resistance and heatYour phone warms up because electrons jostle atoms.
6. ChargeEverything rests on two signs that attract or repel.

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