what is the 3rd way to generate electricity?
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at
7:29 am
i know 2 of the 3 methods. One is static electricity, such as lightning from a t-storm. another is chemical reaction from mixing chemicals such as in a battery. What is the 3rd method. Saying it is solar, wind, biomass, chemical, hydroelectric, or fossil fuels aren’t acceptable
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how about ‘electrolysis’? but that goes under chemical reaction as well
Moving any conductor within a magnetic field (or vice versa) produces a voltage at its ends.
When a load is connected to the ends, electrons move around the loop.
The movement of electrons is called "electricity."
Magnets have what is called flux when there is a metal object in their field (by the way there is no such thing as a flux capacitor). When you move the object or magnet or change the intensity of the field you change the flux. The magnet does not want a change so it will create a flow of electrons in order to oppose the change. This is electricity. Another way is to use chemical reactions to change the bonds of atoms and create a flow of electrons. Another way is to change the charges of objects (like clouds and carpets) so that there is an imbalance in electrons. The electrons will flow to balance the charges and you get electricity (which is the flow of electrons). The final way is called piezoelectric. This is an object that increases in size when electricity is added and if it is squeezed it will release electricity.