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This Lecture:
•More on DC circuits•RC circuits
•Membrane electrical currents
From previous lecture:
•Resistors and capacitors in series and parallel and examples of DC circuits• EMF•Kirchhoff’s rules
More on DC Circuits and RC Circuits
Next Honor Lecture
ICECUBE:EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE FROM THE SOUTH POLE
Kirchhoff’s Rules
! Junction Rule: $ Iin = $ Iout! A statement of Conservation of Charge
! Loop Rule:
! A statement of Conservation of Energy
I1 = I2 + I3
!
"Vloop = "Vk = 0k
#
Kirchoff’s laws application
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I1
I2
2 loopsAssume 1 current verse per loop
I3
(you can consider 1 current per loop)
!
I1 = I2 + I3 " I3 = I1 # I2
8V + 4V # 4V #1$I1 # 2$I1 # 2$(I1 # I2) = 0
4V # 2$(I2 # I1) # 6$I2 = 0
Ground wire
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A ground wire provides a conducting path to the earth which is independent of the normal current-carrying path in an electrical appliance. It normally carries no current and it is connected to the appliance.
It avoids shock hazards in the case
the hot wire gets in contact with the case.
If the case is not properly grounded the body
in contact with the case can be shocked. path with lower resistance
Electrical measurements: Ammeter! A multimeter can measure currents (as an ammeter), potential
difference (as a voltmeter)
! Electrical measuring devices must have minimal impact in the circuit
The internal resistance of the ammeter must be very smallI = IA != "V+"VA => I = !/(R + rA) # !/R
for rA #0
IA
I!VA
!V
R=R1+R2
Electrical measurements: Voltmeter
The internal resistance of the voltmeter must be very largeI = Iv+IR
"VV = "VR= !
!
I ="
RV
+"
R
RV#$
% # % % "
R
R
!
VVoltmeter
"VV
IV
IR
I
"VR
RC Circuits: charge
The current becomes zero when the max charge is reached because the potential difference across the capacitor matches that supplied by the battery
The current varies with time during the charge and discharge of C. When C is completely uncharged it behaves as a short circuit, when it is fully charged as an open circuit.At t=0 C is uncharged and S1 is closed (S2 open) and I0 = I(t=0) = !/R.An any t:
!
dI
I= "
dt
RC0
t
#I 0
I
# $ lnI
I0
= "t /RC$ I(t) = I0e" t /RC
!
I" = I(t#") = 0
!!
" = RI +q
C# 0 = R
dI
dt+I
C#
dI
I= $
dt
RC
!
q = C" # RCI0e# t /RC
= C"(1# e#t /RC )
!
q" = C#
! q = C!(1 – e-t/RC)
! The time constant, %=RC
! In 1% the charge increases from
zero to C!(1-e-1) = 63.2% of its
maximum C!
! In 1% the current decreases from
I0=!/R to !/R e-1 = 36.8% I0
! The energy stored in the charged capacitor is 1/2 Q! = 1/2 C!2
Charging a Capacitor in an RC Circuit Discharging a Capacitor in an RC Circuit
! When a charged capacitor is placed in the circuit, it can be discharged! q = Qe-t/RC
! The charge decreases exponentially
! In 1% = RC, the charge decreases from Q to 36.8% Q
! In 1% = RC, the current decreases from I0 = Q/CR = !/R to 36.8% I0
q/C = RI I = -dq/dt
!
I(t) = "dq
dt= "
Q
RCe"t /RC
Question:
! This circuit contains 3 identical light bulbs and a capacitor. Which light bulb(s) is (are) dimmest?The capacitor is fully charged
! A
! B
! C
! A and B
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Question:
! The circuit contains 3 identical light bulbs and a capacitor. At the instant the switch S is closed (C uncharged), which light bulbs is brightest?
! A
! B
! C
! All 3 are equally bright.
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C=1µF
Time Constant. Question:
! Which is the time constant of this circuit?
! 0.5 ms
! 0.3s
! 0.9 µs
13
0.5" 0.5"
1.00"
!
Req =9 "1
9 +1=9
10= 0.9#
Cell MembranesLipid bilayers of cell membranes can be modeled as a conductor with plates made of polar lipid heads separated by a dielectric layer of hydrocarbon tails.
Difference in electrostatic potential inside and outside a cell due to ion distribution. Typical capacitance: 35 pF
In reality between the ‘plates’ there is a dielectric that increases C by a factor of 10.
Resting potential (voltage of inactive cell)= excess of negative charge inside the cell. The cell becomes depolarized when it undergoes an action potential = rapid change of polarity from - to + and viceversa. Current of 70 ions per ms Prof Moss lecture!
!
"oA
d=8.85 #10
$12F /m( )4% 50 #10$6m( )
2
8 #10$9m
= 3.5 #10$11F = 35pFproteins behave as ion channels
Biological Membrane Electrical Model
! RC circuit: the capacitance results from the separation of charges across the bilayer of lipids, the resistance mimics the behavior of ionic channels and the battery accounts for the cell’s resting potential
! C/A = 1 µF/cm2
! RC time constants range from 10 µs to 1 s = (RA)(C/A)
! Ion channels allow only the passage of specific ions (Na+, K+,Cl-...) and open and close in response to the membrane potential. They are responsible for the formation of the action potential
! Hence, specific resistance of membranes:
R = 'L/A & R A = 'L = 10-106 ( cm2.
Action potential
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•When the membrane becomes depolarized the cell undergoes an action potential
•The action potential can travel long in the axon or nerve fiber
•Nobel prize 1963: A. Hodgkin & A. Huxley on the giant squid axon
action potential in the giant squid
! Between squid tentacles there is a siphon through which water can be expelled by the fast contractions of the body muscles of the animal.
! This contraction is initiated by action potentials in the giant squid axon.
Membrane depolarization
! let’s imagine a membrane permeable only to K+ ions
! K+ diffuse from compartment 1 to 2, but other ions cannot because the membrane is not permeable to them.
! 2 becomes electrically positive with respect to compartment 1.
! The trans-membrane potential difference #V will tend to push K+ ions from 2 to 1.
!Equilibrium establishes when #V is such to move K+ ions to the left at the same rate as they tend to diffuse to the right ! #Vequilibrium = Nernst potential
Resting potential of most cells is equal to K+ Nernst potential because K conductance dominates. During a typical action potential Na channels open and the membrane potential becomes close to the Nernst potential of Na
Membranes Electrical Model with ion channels
"V
! If the transmembrane potential E = ENernst &
inward and outward flow of ion A are equal
! Variable resistors are used for voltage-gated ion channels, whose resistance changes with voltage.
! If E " ENernst there is a net
flow of A one way
Magnetism
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Magnets
! 13th century BC: Chinese already used a compass with a magnetic needle
! 800 BC: Greeks discovered magnetite (Fe3O4)
! Like poles repel each other
! N-N or S-S! Unlike poles
attract each other
! N-S
Let’s Break A Magnet!
A monopole has never been
observed (but…)!
! Magnetic poles are always found in pairs!
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A complicated question…
! there is a ‘field’ associated with the magnetic interaction.
! B = magnetic field vector! Has both magnitude and direction
! Magnitude = magnetic field strength
! What is the magnetic field?! Another complicated question…
Magnetic Fields in ordinary life
William Gilbert (1600) :
Earth is a gigantic magnet!
Aurora Borealis
Magnetic disc (floppy or hard disk): a memory device covered with a magnetic coating on which digital information is stored in the form of microscopically small, magnetized needles.
Magnetic Fields
! A vector quantity (B)
! compass needle traces B field lines and points towards N
! B-field lines start in N and go to S
! they do not start or stop (no magnetic monopoles)
Iron filings show pattern of B-field lines
+-
Electric dipole
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Magnetic dipole field lines
! Magnetic field is non unifom
! Changes direction
! Interaction of two dipoles quite complicated
! But far from the dipole, can think about ~ uniform magnetic field.
Earth’s A Magnet!
!N geographic pole almost at magnetic S pole
!S geographic pole almost at magnetic N pole
Compass needle aligns with local Earth field
Electric vs Magnetic Field Lines
! Similarities! Density gives strength
! Arrow gives direction! Leave +, North
! Enter -, South
! Differences! Start/Stop on electric charge
! No Magnetic Charge &
lines are continuous!
Magnetotactic bacteriaMagnetotactic
bacteria (MTB)
(Blakemore, 1975)
orient and migrate
along the
geomagnetic field
towards favorable
habitats, a behavior
known as
magnetotaxis. MTB
are aquatic
microorganisms
inhabiting freshwater
and marine
environments.
J. Meisel lecture