Current Electricity

What “Current Electricity” begins with

3.1 INTRODUCTION In Chapter 1, all charges whether free or bound, were considered to be at rest. Lightning is one such phenomenon in which charges flow from the clouds to the earth through the atmosphere, sometimes with disastrous results. The flow of charges in lightning is not steady, but in our everyday life we see many devices where charges flow in a steady manner, like water flowing smoothly in a river.