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Do breaks in a conductor affect current flow in a circuit?
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Do breaks in a conductor affect current flow in a circuit?
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Any breaks in the conductor keeps electrons from from flowing through a circuit. true or false?
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In DC terms, yes; but in AC terms, you can still have capacitance and induction effects that will cross over breaks.
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Thank you.
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Sorry, but it's one of those questions where "true or false" doesn't quite do the job. The answer is "sometimes".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephson_effect
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Actually, any joint between conductors can have an oxide layer which, if it weren't for Quantum Mechanics, could prevent a current from flowing.
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Of course, since in both the quantumn tunneling effects mentioned the "insulating" gap conducts current, the insulator must be a conductor.
Who said quantum physics wan't weird?
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One day, you could find yourself sitting outside in the street. . .
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Happens quite often on Saturday mornings, I'm usually accompanied by a traffic cone and a bad head.
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