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El-102
Principles of Electricity-HI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do you call a constant and even flowing current traveling in one direction? | Direct current (DC) |
| What are the 2 types of electrical current? | 1.) Alternating current (AC) 2.) Direct current (DC) |
| Why would two magnets repel each other? | Both poles are the same |
| What does friction, magnetism, and chemical actions produce? | Electricity |
| This is the smallest unit of matter into which a substance can be divided without losing it's basic properties. | Molecule |
| Electricity flows from the ____ pole to the ____ pole. | From the negative pole to the positive pole |
| What produces light, heat, and energy? | Electricity |
| Which current does not produce a chemical effect? | High frequency |
| What are two other names for direct current? | 1.) Galvanic 2.) Electrolysis (true) |
| List 3 examples of magnetic materials. | 1.) Iron 2.) Nickel 3.) Cobalt |
| What do you call a natural magnet? | Lodestone/magnetite |
| What do you call the flow of electrons along a conductor? | Electricity |
| The indifferent electrode or inactive electrode is used during which modality? | Galvanic |
| In electrolysis treatment, which pole is being used inside the follicle? | Cathode (negative pole) |
| What do you call a device that is used to change alternating current to direct current? | Rectifier |
| What do you call a device that is used to change direct current to alternating current? | Converter |
| What is the unit measurement for "power"? | Watt |
| What do you call a "quantity or count of electrons"? | Coulomb |
| What is the unit measurement for "pressure"? | Volt |
| What is the unit measurement for "resistance"? | Ohm |
| What is the unit measurement for "strength"? | Ampere |
| Copper, water, the human body, and electrodes are all considered to be what? | Conductors |
| What do you call a substance that readily transmits the flow of electrons? | Conductor |
| This device is used in alternating current to either step up or step down the voltage. | Transformer |
| What do you call a rapid oscillating current of high voltage and low amperage? | High frequency current |
| What do you call the points in a circuit in which a chemical action can take place? | Electrodes |
| The path or course through which a current can move is called what? | Circuit |
| What do you call the intensity control which regulates the strength of a current? | Rheostat |
| What do you call an alternating current that has low voltage and low amperage? | Sinusoidal current |
| What do you call a device that is used to produce a higher frequency current? | Oscillator |
| What do you call the post treatment procedure that uses the positive anode pole to produce an acid effect on the skin? | Cataphoresis |
| What do you call the pretreatment procedure that uses the negative cathode pole to produce an alkaline effect on the skin? | Anaphoresis |
| What is the technical name for the positive pole? | Anode |
| What is the technical name for the negative pole? | Cathode |
| What is the chemical compound for hydrochloric acid? | HCl |
| What is the chemical compound for sodium hydroxide? | NaOH |
| What 3 chemicals are produced at the positive anode pole? | 1.) Hydrochloric acid (HCl) 2.) Chlorine gas (Cl) 3.) Oxygen gas (O) |
| What 3 chemicals are produced at the negative cathode pole? | 1.) Sodium hydroxide (NaOH, lye) 2.) Chlorine gas (Cl) 3.) Hydrogen gas (H) |
| What is the method of destruction for galvanic current? | Chemical decomposition |
| During galvanic or blend treatments, which electrode is the client holding? | Anode (positive) |
| Which modality creates chemicals only? | Galvanic |
| What does desiccate mean? | Removal of moisture (to dry out) |
| What does coagulate mean? | To cook or to congeal |
| What are the 2 methods of destruction for high frequency or thermolysis current? | 1.) Electrodessication 2.) Electrocoagulation |
| Which current produces heat only? | High frequency current |
| The mode or manner in which electricity is used to produce a therapeutic effect is referred to as what? | Modality |
| According to Ohm's Law, amperage is equal to voltage divided by ____? | Ohms (resistance) |
| What measurement of milliampere do we use in galvanic current? | One tenth milliamperes |
| What is 1 one thousandths (1/1000) of an ampere? | Milliampere |
| What do you call electricity at rest? | Static electricity |
| Name two safety devices that stops electrical current from flowing? | 1.) Fuse 2.) Circuit breaker |
| What do you call a circuit that has been interrupted? | Open circuit |
| What do call a circuit in which the current is flowing? | Closed circuit |
| Rubber, plastic, glass, wood, and hair are all considered to be what? | Insulators |
| What do you call a substance that resists the passage of an electrical current? | Insulator |
| What do you call a rapid and interrupted current that flows first in one direction then reverses its flow in the opposite direction? | Alternating current (AC) |
| What do you call a wire that is attached from the regular circuit for the purpose of using the ground as one of the poles? | Ground circuit |
| What is a common example a "ground circuit"? | 3 prong plug |
| What is a device that stores an electrical charge? | Capacitor |
| What do you call the breakdown of a substance into its single components and rearranged to create a new substance? | Chemical decomposition |
| Which modality does not produce heat? | Galvanic |
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