Settle a debate about Electrons/Amps/Volts

[wacki]

My buddy and I are in an arguement.

The $5 dollar bet:
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He says:
volts are a measure of the number of electrons flowing

I say:
Volts is the measure of the difference of charge between two different points

Amps is the measure of coulombs per second flowing past an particular point. Since a coulomb is the charge of 6x10^18 electrons, amps is a much better measure of actual electons flowing.
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Links used in discussion:
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/generalchemistry/a/aa121903a_2.htm
http://dekalb.dc.peachnet.edu/~mkim/avogadro.htm
http://elchem.kaist.ac.kr/vt/chem-ed/electron/defintns.htm

http://www.drake.edu/artsci/physics/eovermexperiment.pdf

 

[f95toli]

You just made $5
By definition 1 A=1 Coloumb/s.
So 1A is equal to 1/1.6022e-19 =6.2414e+018 electrons/s

And you are also right about 1V. it is just a measure of the potential energy of the electrons.

 

[wacki]

f95toli, Thats great news, Thank you very much for the reply.

 

[MrDudeMan]

your friend is a moron. you are so obviously correct that it hurts me to think he cant read how wrong he is from the provided links. good job on the $5 and tell him to go read a book before he argues.


put it this way: volts are like water pressure in a hose. the actual amount of water going through the hose at any given time is comparable to amps. although this is a loose interpretation, it gets the point across.

 

[wacki]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
tell him to go read a book before he argues.

I can't tell you how many times I have.

In his defense, he is a very funny man, and humor is a good indicator of intelligence. He is capable of understanding some rather high level concepts, and is a skilled chess player. As for this arguement, however, I think half the time he just argues for emotional reasons. Hopefully the $5 bets will get him to stop that, either that or I'll he'll make me rich. (-:

P.S. Cute girlfriend.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: wacki

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
tell him to go read a book before he argues.

I can't tell you how many times I have.

In his defense, he is a very funny man, and humor is a good indicator of intelligence. He is capable of understanding some rather high level concepts, and is a skilled chess player. As for this arguement, however, I think half the time he just argues for emotional reasons. Hopefully the $5 bets will get him to stop that, either that or I'll he'll make me rich. (-:

P.S. Cute girlfriend.

thank you very much :beer: