When an electron travels in a conductor it does not convert to energy doest it?

Question

So how can you make electrons produce electricity energy?

sowhere does E=mc^2 fit in? electron flows is realy magnetism flow because it turns the permanet magnet armaure of a motor by repulsion .So how does the electron itself convert into energy? Perhaps energy conversion does not exist?

Answer 1

Good question :) A bit tricky to answer this.

Electricity = electrical energy = traveling electrons. No, the electron mass is not converted to energy. The moving electrons are a form of energy themselves. That energy can be converted to other forms of energy (light bulb/light, fan/wind, motor/motion, etc.)

We can compare electron flow to water flow. Electrons flow from a high potential to low potential, like water over a waterfall. Flowing water is energy too, even though there is no mass conversion involved.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You seem to be mixing several different issues.

An electron does not travels in a conductor. Electrons travel through a conductor. The electron that "goes in" one end is not the electron that "comes out" the other end.

The movement of electrons in a conductor sets up an electromagnetic field around the conductor (wire). The reverse of this (moving a conductor or wire in a magnetic field) will cause an electric current to flow through the wire. This is how a generator works.

Chemical potentials between some reacting materials can also cause a flow of electrons if a circuit is allowed. This is how a battery works.

Electrons, as subatomic objects, have some properties which are like particles having a mass and some which are like waves of energy. They also have the ability of relocating from one side of an atomic nucleus to the other side without traveling between.

The resistance of electricity flowing through a conductor and converting into electromagnetic radiation in the visible range is the basis for the common incandescent light bulb.

Answer 3

An electron "traveling" in a conductor does not itself become energy, but each electron has a certain amount of energy by virtue of its separation from a positive charge (its potential energy) and its kinetic energy (motion). And I put "traveling" in quotes, above, because it's not a matter of a single electron zooming through a wire, but rather an electron being pushed into one end of a sea of electrons in the wire, and another popping out the other end (or one is pulled out of one end and another enters the other end to take its place).

The energy is supplied to the electrons by virtue of some chemical reaction (a battery), or by pushing them with a magnetic field (a generator), or by hitting them with photons of light (photoelectricity). Some of the energy is dissipated in the conductor as heat, some can be captured as work. If the conductor gets hot enough, you can use it to make toast or light your house. If you use the magnetic field associated with the electrons to move something, you can make an electric motor spin, but the electrons lose some of their energy doing this.

Answer 4

Electrons do not convert into energy. They convey energy from one end of the wire to the other. If you had a "U" shaped pipe full of marbles, as you pushed another marble into one arm of the "U", another marble would exit from the other arm with the same amount of energy that you used to push the first marble in, minus the friction between the marbles and the pipe (resistance). This is similar to electron flow in a conductor.

Answer 5

The force that move electron from one place to the other is magnetic force. Let's say if electron is moved from A to B by an magnetic force (it can be that you move the magnet) so when, it moves back from B to A, it create a magnetic force that in turn move other electron. Well I lost myself here, in one word, the electron is moved by the electro magnetic force and vice versa, meaning it moves will create this force.

Think about using a rope to get the basket of water up the well. You applied force to bring the water from the bottom of the well to the ground. Vice versa, when you drop the basket back to the bottom, the wheel that was used to turn it up will turn and you can think of this as a source of energy.

Hope this help.

Answer 6

Electrons are energy. However energy is lost to electrical friction, or resistance (OHM) which is dissipated as heat.