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Shock Value/Circuit Lab Question Marathon

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Well, I thought this might be a good time to start for next year! I'll start: What is conventional circuit flow?
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The direction a positive test charge would go in a circuit. If i'm right, what is the equivalent resistance of a parallel circuit with resistors having values of 20 ohms, 30 ohms and 3 ohms?
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Yep.
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It connects the cathode and the anode to prevent the build-up of electrons in one half-cell?
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Yep, your turn.
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Sorry it took me so long, I went backpacking.

What is the SI unit for electrical conductance?
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A Siemen (also called a mho) which is 1/ohms
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I keep forgetting about posting here...
PM2017 wrote:A Siemen (also called a mho) which is 1/ohms
Yep.
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Things2do wrote:I keep forgetting about posting here...
You can always subscribe to it haha
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
Things2do wrote:I keep forgetting about posting here...
You can always subscribe to it haha
I do that for the hangman thread.

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