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madhatter106
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Okay this may sound like a simple question but I can't help but feel that the answer is circular. a voltage potential will have an accumulation of charge but that's only descriptive of what is happening. there is the more common electromagnetic component vs the electrostatic one.
If there is a voltage potential between two surfaces and the charge is imbalanced, what caused the electrons to move? what is the force that moves electrons?
Does the electron for example only change the charge density up/down and this imbalance cause the subsequent imbalance in the nearby electrons? in that the electrons don't actually move off the conducting plate but influence the electrons and protons to create a cascade like effect that induces the voltage potential to change. more of a 'vibrating' analogy really.
last one here, since like charges repel and unlike attract how is it that an imbalance can be built up? more of a fundamental question, the permittivity is just a descriptive of the phenomenon of building up the imbalance until the insulator breaks down, but is that really what is occurring? is this imbalance potential related the fundamental force that moves the electron/proton?
If there is a voltage potential between two surfaces and the charge is imbalanced, what caused the electrons to move? what is the force that moves electrons?
Does the electron for example only change the charge density up/down and this imbalance cause the subsequent imbalance in the nearby electrons? in that the electrons don't actually move off the conducting plate but influence the electrons and protons to create a cascade like effect that induces the voltage potential to change. more of a 'vibrating' analogy really.
last one here, since like charges repel and unlike attract how is it that an imbalance can be built up? more of a fundamental question, the permittivity is just a descriptive of the phenomenon of building up the imbalance until the insulator breaks down, but is that really what is occurring? is this imbalance potential related the fundamental force that moves the electron/proton?