2006-08-16 15:39:14 · 8 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Why not Newton?
2006-08-16 15:40:34 · update #1
Clarification = by electrostatic force I meant the force that exist between the chage of the proton and the charge of the electron,Assuming the the charge between proton and electron is constant.For each proton in the atom exist acounterpart which is the electron and the charge between them is constant?
2006-08-17 08:26:21 · update #2
Becuase Newton is a measurement of physical force, as in I punched you with a force of 92 billion Newtons (bwahaha yeah right) electrostatic force is not a "physical" force.
2006-08-16 15:44:38 · answer #1 · answered by Archangel 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No no no no no!
The unit of any force is the Newton.
The electrostatic force IS a true physical force, contrary to the first answer - in fact, it is MORE physical than a physical force such as pushing or pulling - it is one of the 4 (or some may say 5) fundamental forces of nature:
electromagnetism
strong nuclear
weak nuclear
gravity
(cosmological constant)
And please remember, also contrary to one of the answers that an EMF is not a real force - it is the potential difference across the terminals of a battery or other power source, and it has the effect of setting up an electric field in a circuit which makes the electrons in the circuit experience a force.
If however, what you typed was wrong, and you actually meant electromotive force (EMF) then the unit is the volt (and it is what i just described).
2006-08-17 00:04:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean volt ?
The electromotive force called a volt is NOT the kind of force that is expressed in Newtons.
Only direct physical force like wind, weight, pressure, etc. are expressed in Newtons.
Different type of forces are expressed in units of their derivations.
Volts or voltage, is the pressure or 'force' that pushes the electricity through the wires - electrical pressure, not 'physical' pressure.
In an electrical circuit
volts = (watts / amps)
ALSO:
The unit 'volt' was named after an Italian physicist, Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) - NOT Voltaire!
http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/VoltaBio.htm
2006-08-16 16:01:39 · answer #3 · answered by Jay T 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Volt, not vault! And the volt is named for the Italian scientist Alessandro Volta, not the French writer Voltaire! Whoever told you that is yanking you by the plug. And it is more properly called electromotive force, "the force that through the circuit drives the current".
One volt of EMF will drive one ampere of current through one ohm of resistance. A flashlight battery is a volt and a half. A typical household fuse can take twenty amps before it blows. (The number for the rating in amps is marked on the fuse) A light bulb filament has a resistance of maybe a hundred ohms. The equation used to relate them to each other is V = IR, where V is voltage, I is current Intensity and R is resistance.
2006-08-16 15:58:24 · answer #4 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-07-11 00:43:32 · answer #5 · answered by Trisha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think u r talkin about the volt
and newtons the unit for force
2006-08-16 18:05:36 · answer #6 · answered by siripala 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is Volt short (punny) for the name of the scientist Voltaire that defined the electric charge,
2006-08-16 15:49:57 · answer #7 · answered by Buzz and Gang 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Newtons (N) measures all forces.
2016-03-27 05:11:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋