Where does the electricity go?

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Back To The Neutral Bar In Your Breaker

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

stick a paperclip in an outlet and you'll also see that spark //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

usually that's only if you stick it in the small slot

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i guess this would be an appropriate topic to ask a question i've always wondered as well.....


ok so lets say i have a cube made out of 6 mirrors facing the inside of the box. If I "open" the cube by sliding a mirror a little bit, and shine a light inside, then hurry up and close the cube while the light is still be directed into the cube, is the light trapped inside? If I go into a pitch black room and shatter the cube, will i see a flash of light real quick? or does the energy of the light disappear too quickly?

in my mind (assuming you closed the box faster than the speed of light) i would think you would be correct.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Im pretty sure you couldnt close that cube fast enough...light is teh quickness.

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Im pretty sure you couldnt close that cube fast enough...light is teh quickness.

It sure is.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Im pretty sure you couldnt close that cube fast enough...light is teh quickness.

ok then scenario 2...

all sides of the box are two way mirrors like in police stations. where i can just keep the box closed but still shine the light in, and once it's in it can't get out? i would assume those aren't 100% efficient though in the reflecting?

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

ok then scenario 2...

all sides of the box are two way mirrors like in police stations. where i can just keep the box closed but still shine the light in, and once it's in it can't get out? i would assume those aren't 100% efficient though in the reflecting?

LASERs use 98-99% mirror on one end, 100% on the other.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

LASERs use 98-99% mirror on one end, 100% on the other.

so it wouldn't work then?

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

so it wouldn't work then?

LASERs generate the light between the mirrors.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

LASERs generate the light between the mirrors.

lol.

i'm sorry. care to explain? so you are saying it would or would not work? i'm not understanding which side you're trying to explain

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

lol.
i'm sorry. care to explain? so you are saying it would or would not work? i'm not understanding which side you're trying to explain

Light is analogous to sound. The same way that you can increase the SPL by bouncing a sound wave back and forth between 2 reflective surfaces is similar to how you intensify light. You bounce the light between mirrors which increases the overall energy of the beam. That is generally how it works.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Im pretty sure you couldnt close that cube fast enough...light is teh quickness.

Ill Mitch can board faster then the speed of light //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Metal is a substance. Therefore is it made of atoms. Atoms have electrons.

Electricity is moving electrons. Hence: electricity.

And

When you unplug the cord.

It's still made of metal.

And therefore still contains atoms. And electrons. They're just not flowing anymore. So there is no current. Because there is no flow. And you should've looked this up yourself.

In your eighth grade science book.

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

lol.
i'm sorry. care to explain? so you are saying it would or would not work? i'm not understanding which side you're trying to explain

a LASER is a gas-charged apparatus with electrical leads inside and built with mirrors on the ends. the gas gets charged between the mirrors, making the single frequency light that is ...well:

Light

Amplification by

Stimulated

Emission of

Radiation

so normal light, not really, it scatters. maybe in theory, but that's outside of what I know.

you might be interested in googling unsafe science experiments!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[joetama 5,000+ posts]

One word Resistance....

Resistance = heat = conversion of energy.

There for, even the small amount of resistance in a cable turns the residual electrical charge into heat so fast you couldn't even measure it because there is no longer a source, this residual electrical charge could be measured as the cables capacitance.

The thing with the light is almost the same, the light travels through air, air dissipates light and acts much the same as a Omni directional resister.

Just my thoughts on this problem....