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The study of the subject of electricity and magnetism dates back thousands of years. Extensive study about electricity and magnetism and electromagnetism as a whole began in a systematic manner two centuries before. "Electricity and Magnetism written by D.L. Sehgal, K.L. Chopra, and N. K. Sehgal is a wonderful textbook.This book can be prescribed as a textbook for the undergraduate B.Sc Programme of major universities in India. It provides a comprehensive discussion about the same. This book gives a total outlook on this subject. It not only deals with the basic concepts in physics but also deals with the mathematical concepts needed for the same. Without understanding vectors, it may not be possible to understand the concept of electromagnetic theory. This book starts with the basic idea of vector calculus. The students can refer to this textbook to understand all the basic components of maths needed.In order to be compatible with all universities, the concepts have been provided with an MKS system of units as well as a CGS system of units. A fascinating aspect that I noted was this:- This book even has a separate chapter on Measurements and Units in order to help the students. Starting from electrostatics, this book moves on to magnetostatics and then ends with a detailed description of current electricity that is electromagnetism. In all three parts, a copious number of numerical problems have been solved. Few unsolved problems have also been given in order to give training to the students. An important aspect of this book is this:- This book is on par with international books on the same topic and has been well written by going through many standard textbooks on this subject. This is evident as one goes through this book. The latest updated version of this book is a wonderful book to hold . For better clarification, few chapters have been rewritten and the layout and the printing of the book is on par with international standards. In short, the book Electricity and Magnetism by Sehgal, Chopra and Sehgal can be used a standard textbook not only for UG courses but also for PG courses.

In 1820, a Danish physicist, Hans Christian Oersted, discovered that there was a relationship between electricity and magnetism. By setting up a compass through a wire carrying an electric current, Oersted showed that moving electrons can create a magnetic field.

What happens to the compass when the wire is connected to the battery?What happens to the compass when you change the direction of the electric current?How does the compass needle move when the compass is below the wire? Above the wire?

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Electric currents create magnetic forces, which are used in motors, generators, inductors, and transformers.[8][9] In ordinary conductors, they cause Joule heating, which creates light in incandescent light bulbs. Time-varying currents emit electromagnetic waves, which are used in telecommunications to broadcast information.[10]

The conventional symbol for current is I, which originates from the French phrase intensit du courant, (current intensity).[11][12] Current intensity is often referred to simply as current.[13] The I symbol was used by Andr-Marie Ampre, after whom the unit of electric current is named, in formulating Ampre's force law (1820).[14] The notation travelled from France to Great Britain, where it became standard, although at least one journal did not change from using C to I until 1896.[15]

The conventional direction of current, also known as conventional current,[16][17] is arbitrarily defined as the direction in which positive charges flow. In a conductive material, the moving charged particles that constitute the electric current are called charge carriers. In metals, which make up the wires and other conductors in most electrical circuits, the positively charged atomic nuclei of the atoms are held in a fixed position, and the negatively charged electrons are the charge carriers, free to move about in the metal. In other materials, notably the semiconductors, the charge carriers can be positive or negative, depending on the dopant used. Positive and negative charge carriers may even be present at the same time, as happens in an electrolyte in an electrochemical cell.

A flow of positive charges gives the same electric current, and has the same effect in a circuit, as an equal flow of negative charges in the opposite direction. Since current can be the flow of either positive or negative charges, or both, a convention is needed for the direction of current that is independent of the type of charge carriers. Negatively charged carriers, such as the electrons (the charge carriers in metal wires and many other electronic circuit components), therefore flow in the opposite direction of conventional current flow in an electrical circuit.[16][17]

Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference across the two points. Introducing the constant of proportionality, the resistance,[20] one arrives at the usual mathematical equation that describes this relationship:[21] I = V R , \displaystyle I=\frac VR,

where I is the current through the conductor in units of amperes, V is the potential difference measured across the conductor in units of volts, and R is the resistance of the conductor in units of ohms. More specifically, Ohm's law states that the R in this relation is constant, independent of the current.[22]

In alternating current (AC) systems, the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction.[citation needed] AC is the form of electric power most commonly delivered to businesses and residences. The usual waveform of an AC power circuit is a sine wave, though certain applications use alternative waveforms, such as triangular or square waves. Audio and radio signals carried on electrical wires are also examples of alternating current. An important goal in these applications is recovery of information encoded (or modulated) onto the AC signal.

In contrast, direct current (DC) refers to a system in which the movement of electric charge in only one direction (sometimes called unidirectional flow).[23] Direct current is produced by sources such as batteries, thermocouples, solar cells, and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type. Alternating current can also be converted to direct current through use of a rectifier. Direct current may flow in a conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through semiconductors, insulators, or even through a vacuum as in electron or ion beams. An old name for direct current was galvanic current.[24]

Despite DC being mathematically and conceptually simpler than AC, it is actually less widely-used than AC. However, due to the versatility of electric circuits, there are many situations that call for one type of electric current over the other.

Besides solar power, most power generation methods produce AC current. In order to distribute electricity in the form of DC, a rectifier must be used to convert from the initial AC to DC. However, rectification is a complex, expensive, and, until recent, fairly lossy conversion, especially on the scale of power plants. This has made it historically inefficient to convert the AC generated by power plants to DC for distribution.

Along the power lines connecting power stations to consumers, voltage is stepped up and down to reduce heat loss, often multiple times. While DC inherently experiences less heat loss than AC, it cannot be stepped up or down with transformers. This is due to transformers working on the principle of induction: the changing electric field created by AC generates a changing magnetic field, which induces an electromotive force (EMF) of higher or lower voltage in the connected power line. DC, however, generally does not fluctuate much, resulting in an unchanging electric field, which generates no magnetic field, making induction impossible. While there is now technology for DC transformers, they are more complex, massive, and expensive than AC transformers, and when infrastructural power grids were being built in much of the world, such technology either didn't exist or was inefficient to utilize.

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