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What is Electrostatics?
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The science of stationary electric charges
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What is Electrodynamics?
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The science of electric charges in motion
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What is Electromagnetism?
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How electrons are given electric potential energy (voltage!) and how electrons in motion create magnetism
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The primary function of an x-ray imaging system
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To convert electric energy into electromagnetic energy
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Electrification
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caused by having too many or too few elections. can be created by contact, friction, or induction
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Coulomb
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The fundamental unit of electric charge.
1C=6 x 10^18 electron charges |