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The only sense in which "electricity" could be said to be fluid is in its definition. There's no such physical quantity, it's just a vague term for a variety of
by marshray 2y ago
The only sense in which "electricity" could be said to be fluid is in its definition. There's no such physical quantity, it's just a vague term for a variety of phenomena.
- kelipso 2y agoMaybe he was talking about aether theory of electricity lol.
- somat 2y agoIt flows, you use fluid equations to describe it's state. I will grant that it flows in a different medium than molecular fluids. but that does not prevent it from being a fluid. As for what is flowing, my understanding is that it is electrons in an em field. which if you think about it is almost the same thing that is flowing in a molecular fluid, only that has drag a bunch of protons around at the same time limiting performance.
- marshray 2y agoWhat is "static electricity" then?
- baq 2y agoPotential difference without flow. A discharge is a dam breaking.
- throwaway3572 2y agoThe fluid analogy is ok for introducing the concept of electricity but it has some significant limitations, so one should grow out of it fairly quickly if you want a deeper understanding of the subject. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_analogy#Limits_to_the_analogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_analogy#Limits_to_th...