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January 13, 2012

How Stuff Works Natalie Mueller Comments Off on How Electricity Works: It’s Electric

How Electricity Works: It’s Electric

While the act of illuminating a room by flipping a switch may seem like wizardry to some, electricity is a fairly simple phenomenon. At its most basic, electricity is charged atomic particles called electrons in motion. Ordinarily, electrons hang out in orbit around their atom’s nucleus. They are free to move but do not travel […]

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