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  • @slaskendasken
    @slaskendasken8 жыл бұрын

    Man, your explanations are so on point, next level even. It's funny and interesting to watch, and you explain in a way that is very easy to understand. Thanks for the great job everyone of you in Khan Academy are doing!

  • @menacedemort2878

    @menacedemort2878

    7 жыл бұрын

    So true! I wish he was my professor

  • @mad-ti6xx

    @mad-ti6xx

    6 жыл бұрын

    You are right dude

  • @anilsain9697

    @anilsain9697

    5 жыл бұрын

    LP Chotu Motu

  • @sarahkaveh7739

    @sarahkaveh7739

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey i got a question in 4:43 he says the electrons are stuck there in the insulator .actually where does he exactly explain why? I mean why these extra charges we added can not move??what stops them

  • @jasminemasown

    @jasminemasown

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@sarahkaveh7739 The energy gap. In insulators, the electrons do not have the energy to be able to move freely, while in conductors they do

  • @Buczy88
    @Buczy884 жыл бұрын

    10:40 *brings charged rod close to the not charged one* electrons: AIGHT IMMA HEAD OUT

  • @naveensundar4765

    @naveensundar4765

    4 жыл бұрын

    auto tune

  • @user-rw8sq7jm8s

    @user-rw8sq7jm8s

    Ай бұрын

    Gyat

  • @aimbotexe8145
    @aimbotexe81452 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much I couldn't have passed science without you

  • @GermaphobeMusic
    @GermaphobeMusic3 жыл бұрын

    10:43 when someone coughs in the testing room

  • @emzeemostlygaming3678
    @emzeemostlygaming36783 жыл бұрын

    "if you took a huge metal pipe and stuck it in the ground, that would count" Im litterally a nerd for laughing damn

  • @mikemendez9006
    @mikemendez90065 жыл бұрын

    By far the best simplest illustration of electrical conductivity.

  • @amnehabbas5453
    @amnehabbas54533 жыл бұрын

    I truly understood everything I'm really thankful for you 💞💞💞

  • @susanbattaglia8140
    @susanbattaglia81409 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this video, thanks a lot :D

  • @mdalamintalukder3824

    @mdalamintalukder3824

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sue Loves Cats

  • @akshaynanjangud2283
    @akshaynanjangud22837 жыл бұрын

    Excellent stuff, man!

  • @SneakyPeakyLeaky
    @SneakyPeakyLeaky8 ай бұрын

    Very well explained, helped me a lot with my online school! : D

  • @stephanieemunemu784
    @stephanieemunemu7844 жыл бұрын

    You’re a God sent teacher 🥵🤲🏾

  • @SaraGarcia-jh2pp

    @SaraGarcia-jh2pp

    4 жыл бұрын

    *good

  • @fun_g

    @fun_g

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SaraGarcia-jh2pp huh-

  • @goldieplayz8466
    @goldieplayz84664 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed! - From the old years Let's make cool videos instead of using old ones! BLEHHHHH! - 2020

  • @mitalikapoor2406
    @mitalikapoor24065 жыл бұрын

    This is literally one of the perfectly explained videos I've ever seen. (what they don't teach you at school)

  • @trent7736

    @trent7736

    4 жыл бұрын

    Idk what school you went to, but they definitely taught this in school

  • @shakadahutson285

    @shakadahutson285

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@trent7736 lol yeah I'm doing this for a test tomorrow. She probably meant that in her school it may not be as thorough or easy to understand.

  • @aberronxo77
    @aberronxo77 Жыл бұрын

    thank you very much for this video. So useful

  • @jakarina2214
    @jakarina22143 жыл бұрын

    I love khanacadamy you guys are my guardian angels

  • @xwhateva
    @xwhateva4 жыл бұрын

    Pretty good explanations but don't feel bad if you tend to get a bit confused because David keeps switching between different definitions for things. i.e. when discussing negative charge he starts using electrons interchangeably when an electron is NOT a negative charge, an electrical is a particle that HAS the property of charge that is negative.

  • @christianchavez1034
    @christianchavez10343 жыл бұрын

    “Phew okay glad that that’s over” 😂

  • @Limo_wreck
    @Limo_wreck3 жыл бұрын

    9:20 love the wireless charging tutorial

  • @jaivaldalal446
    @jaivaldalal4464 жыл бұрын

    Plz make a video about how a battery creates a potential difference. Make video and plzzzzz teach in detail because I love to know about all these things

  • @jessrach143
    @jessrach1438 жыл бұрын

    you are awesome!

  • @192ali1
    @192ali111 ай бұрын

    Excellent Lecture. Thank you. Question? Vacuum is an insulator, correct? Then how come a beam of electrons were moving from anode to cathode in the vacuum tube of the JJ Tomson experiment? Thank you

  • @MrAmalthejus
    @MrAmalthejus6 жыл бұрын

    Even in insulators if you add negatives charges, they get added to the conduction band where they can move around, since when solids form the bands fuse together to form a CONTINUOUS conduction band, right?

  • @ronnies.3440
    @ronnies.34407 жыл бұрын

    What happens when you rub two initially neutral charge conductors together? Both conductors are disks. My thought is since conductors allow electrons to move easily throughout, the process of frictional charging will move the electrons from one disk to the other. Thus, leaving one disk(A.) positively charged and the other disk(B.) negatively charged.

  • @owenszehenrydavies
    @owenszehenrydavies Жыл бұрын

    do you think you could make a video about how a battery works plz?

  • @Atsaky
    @Atsaky5 жыл бұрын

    very good explanations

  • @diyarmahmoud
    @diyarmahmoud Жыл бұрын

    10:44 “Let me get the heck out of here” 😂😂😂

  • @karimmahfouz7809
    @karimmahfouz78096 жыл бұрын

    Insulators can be negatively charged by adding electrons. The electrons then will be stuck. But how can insulators be positively charged if The atoms ( electrons and protons ) are bound together ( I mean they can't lose electrons)??

  • @voisign3000
    @voisign30003 жыл бұрын

    why excess charge will remain at the initial location of charging in insulators?

  • @breebroderick21
    @breebroderick215 жыл бұрын

    simply and clearly explained, thank you.

  • @murugeshwarana2427
    @murugeshwarana24273 жыл бұрын

    At 6:10 The negative charges just move to the edges only due to escape repulsion but if more negative charges are added to the conductor, won't the negative charges on the edges be closer enough to repel eachother?

  • @marjaan2657

    @marjaan2657

    2 жыл бұрын

    Even if the amount of charge increases, they'll still repel and be closer than what was in the video since there's more charge. Is that what you were referring to?

  • @fidaus540
    @fidaus5403 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @waqasmayo1023
    @waqasmayo10234 жыл бұрын

    Difference between shaped conductor and round conductor ?

  • @M7medKasem
    @M7medKasem Жыл бұрын

    that was dope

  • @SuvuIC
    @SuvuIC2 жыл бұрын

    10:45 we stated earlier that the electrons in the insulator couldn't move freely, but now they can all just leave???

  • @jaysant6958

    @jaysant6958

    4 ай бұрын

    My thoughts too.

  • @calemlinke5130
    @calemlinke51304 жыл бұрын

    so if you use insulators to cause charge in a superconductor... how do you do it? might be done by whirling something around in a cyclone, or whirlwind... could be like a dryer in effect... point is; what are we willing to try?

  • @jaivaldalal446
    @jaivaldalal4464 жыл бұрын

    Why is it that the current in the circuit remains unchanged if we keep a resistor in it

  • @verenmirpuri
    @verenmirpuri4 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @ardrobles5160
    @ardrobles51605 жыл бұрын

    why conductor is a variable resistance?

  • @malemnganbi2792
    @malemnganbi27926 жыл бұрын

    Good

  • @janeandjeff2758
    @janeandjeff27587 жыл бұрын

    Thanks dude you help me get A for my test👍

  • @vedikaaggarwal2973
    @vedikaaggarwal29738 жыл бұрын

    extra charge on insulator is stationary. But when we add electrons , there must be repulsions and attractions then why the charge is stationary

  • @nsai3757

    @nsai3757

    5 жыл бұрын

    it is due to the electrons don't have energy levels to jump off from one atom to another atom, this property is seen in materials and this material is called INSULATORS!!! and even inside or outside if anyone add electrons , they'll stick there , if there is net/unbalanced force is happening , naturally polarization happens and takes care of it.

  • @theorangejuiceprogrammer9227
    @theorangejuiceprogrammer92279 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!!! :)

  • @abuzarov
    @abuzarov6 жыл бұрын

    Why would added electrons be stuck in one place in the insulator? It doesn't seem obvious. They are not bound to any atom, why wouldn't they roam?

  • @roshanib123
    @roshanib1237 жыл бұрын

    Why don't the electrons repel each other in an insulator?

  • @sazandude9022

    @sazandude9022

    6 жыл бұрын

    They get fixed in a postion in which they can be comfortable... Yea they repel each other and try there best to be away and the sit in a position but can't jump off as they are fixed in a place as the video explains.

  • @jaivaldalal446
    @jaivaldalal4464 жыл бұрын

    Plz turn on the comments for all ur videos

  • @ahammadali9193
    @ahammadali91936 жыл бұрын

    good and interesting lecture

  • @Peter-cl2hp
    @Peter-cl2hp2 ай бұрын

    Baller intro

  • @exploreit591
    @exploreit5917 жыл бұрын

    I got it

  • @jaivaldalal446
    @jaivaldalal4464 жыл бұрын

    Why the transfer of electrons takes place from our hair to balloon and not from balloon to hair when we rub the balloon with hair

  • @sharankumarthummala8337
    @sharankumarthummala83378 жыл бұрын

    if the electrons are flown from conductors why are they not getting a +ve charge

  • @sihamsuhail
    @sihamsuhail5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks helped me for my exams

  • @VoidHalo
    @VoidHalo10 жыл бұрын

    Not that I'm complaining really, I think this was a great video, but what does this have to do with medicine? Seems kind of off topic given the subject material of this channel.

  • @andersenssandersenss8979
    @andersenssandersenss89792 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @aeroboi2862
    @aeroboi28626 жыл бұрын

    QUESTION(pls answer) Sir, I wanted to know why are conductors charged only on the surface and not on the inside . So, is the answer because the free electrons escape and accumulate at the edges and on the surfaces? Am I correct? If not, please explain me.

  • @ExplainIttoMe_1

    @ExplainIttoMe_1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Akashdeep Singh When excess charge is placed on a conductor, they will repel each other. Because charges are free to move on a conductor, they move to get as far apart as possible, which is the surface of the object. Hope that helps.

  • @osamaanees8406

    @osamaanees8406

    5 жыл бұрын

    Charged means more amount of electrons then proton or more proton then electrons. Inside a conductor there is an equal amount of electrons and protons something more electrons. When we will add more electrons those new added electrons will not be able to go inside the atom and the older electrons will push the new ones to the far edges of the object thus creating more electrons on that side then protons. PS wasy bahi ki angrazy kesi lagi?

  • @manmohansharma8331
    @manmohansharma83312 жыл бұрын

    i love your video i

  • @fisikalectures597
    @fisikalectures5974 жыл бұрын

    One question: if you didn't cut the connecting wire to the ground, then would the charges on the conductor still redistribute themselves? If so, am I correct to assume that then electrons would move from the ground to the conductor to neutralise its charge and be grounded again?

  • @jaivaldalal446
    @jaivaldalal4464 жыл бұрын

    Why a bulb does not glow if one end through which electrons can reach the bulb is connected to the battery and not the other??? Because in this case also, electrons can move to the bulb and provide their energy to the bulb

  • @kumargaurav1772

    @kumargaurav1772

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because the electrons are happy inside the battery and don't wanna leave. In scientific terms, there is no potential difference. If you can, there is also emf. The electrons move inside the battery from negative terminal to the positive terminal, they don't just sit there doing nothing. When wire is connected, it provides an alternate and easier path for them to reach the +ve terminal. But if you connect only one end, there is no alternate path. So electrons don't move. Edit: I think i should have just said, "Because there is no +ve charge attracting them", nvm.

  • @SanjayRathorAIO
    @SanjayRathorAIO5 жыл бұрын

    What happen charge placed near a conductor

  • @Bronoulli
    @Bronoulli5 жыл бұрын

    At 1:00 when you said that the “positively charged nucleus is fixed,” is that where the ‘bound’ charge comes into play? -Inb4 Studying for my final which is 8 hours away

  • @ziraksajjad3619

    @ziraksajjad3619

    5 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @jaivaldalal446
    @jaivaldalal4464 жыл бұрын

    Plzzz...... Solve my doubts

  • @mohamedsabry7155
    @mohamedsabry71558 жыл бұрын

    so does conductors have what behaves like a potential difference internally

  • @keshoresharma4993
    @keshoresharma49935 жыл бұрын

    Is gum is a conductor or insulator

  • @gayaraaukwaththa9170

    @gayaraaukwaththa9170

    5 жыл бұрын

    Keshore Sharma Probably insulator :P

  • @cheesestickhathreturned6875

    @cheesestickhathreturned6875

    4 жыл бұрын

    insulator. (Maybe) ._.

  • @isimerilova
    @isimerilova8 жыл бұрын

    How ı can find in Russian this video

  • @WarriorAjk

    @WarriorAjk

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Meri Kanatbekova ti edeeoch "settings" posle edeeoch "substitles". Yah dumayuu ti cmotret ruskii tam. Ee ezvinee za moyah plokha ruskii xD!

  • @SoulReviving786
    @SoulReviving7865 жыл бұрын

    I wish if you was my teacher

  • @VedangKevlani

    @VedangKevlani

    4 жыл бұрын

    cadet kakar *were

  • @gaynellsmith8851
    @gaynellsmith88512 жыл бұрын

    I have a gold bracelet and a gold necklace that is conducting electricity, what is the best insulator to stop them from conducting???

  • @noorayesha7821
    @noorayesha78212 жыл бұрын

    how long the Balloon will stuck there?

  • @mercedesmalone973
    @mercedesmalone9739 жыл бұрын

    pretty cool

  • @qwambyBee
    @qwambyBee2 жыл бұрын

    I use to go to khanacdmey

  • @EmpyreanLightASMR
    @EmpyreanLightASMR6 ай бұрын

    I'm pretending Nate Bargatze is the one teaching me physics.

  • @duelwing01
    @duelwing019 жыл бұрын

    The slug sent me here

  • @164procar4
    @164procar44 жыл бұрын

    what if we keep grounding these electrons from the inducted rod?? In some point don`t we "finish" all these electrons? How many electrons in a conductor can be released??

  • @gaynellsmith8851
    @gaynellsmith88512 жыл бұрын

    I have a gold necklace and a gold bracelet that is conducting electricity, what kind of insulator do I use to stop the conducting in them???

  • @leekelly4574
    @leekelly4574 Жыл бұрын

    "I'm gonna get the heck out of here" - electron

  • @EmpyreanLightASMR

    @EmpyreanLightASMR

    6 ай бұрын

    11:33 "whew, glad that's over"

  • @babroochavan2465
    @babroochavan24655 жыл бұрын

    for insulator, if some extra -ve charge applied cant they repel each other, as to how it is happening in case of a conductor.

  • @gaynellsmith8851
    @gaynellsmith88512 жыл бұрын

    I have a gold bracelet and a gold necklace that is conducting electricity, what kind of insulator do I use to stop them from conducting???

  • @dokyungsoo8320
    @dokyungsoo83207 жыл бұрын

    helom

  • @sandushi3572

    @sandushi3572

    5 жыл бұрын

    oh-

  • @AlbertBikeev
    @AlbertBikeev9 жыл бұрын

    "Yeah! Science, bitch!"

  • @AlbertBikeev

    @AlbertBikeev

    8 жыл бұрын

    victor fong humorless moron

  • @Victor-mx6vs

    @Victor-mx6vs

    8 жыл бұрын

    Humor...jaja. Do you consider yourself "funny" when you say "science Bitch"

  • @mgeorgescu

    @mgeorgescu

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's actually a reference to Breaking Bad... the most awesome series ever! You wouldn't know....you would call others assholes.

  • @micahwright1578
    @micahwright15783 жыл бұрын

    Can we see a video of this confirmed experimentally?

  • @timbags3856

    @timbags3856

    3 жыл бұрын

    U won't be able to see electrons physically So this vid is enough

  • @earth3557
    @earth35574 жыл бұрын

    Cat | Dog

  • @allezondrataylor2382
    @allezondrataylor23825 жыл бұрын

    Is air-dry clay conductive?? Or stoneware clay?

  • @user-rw8sq7jm8s
    @user-rw8sq7jm8sАй бұрын

    Gyat

  • @jhytes606
    @jhytes606 Жыл бұрын

    this is so hot

  • @Super_Bowl_Bound_Eagles

    @Super_Bowl_Bound_Eagles

    Жыл бұрын

    wdym?

  • @NewHorizons19
    @NewHorizons196 жыл бұрын

    Justin Roiland?

  • @binhnguyenquoc3249
    @binhnguyenquoc32494 жыл бұрын

    so the balloon is ceiling gang ? Cringe

  • @franceballon5921
    @franceballon59214 жыл бұрын

    It's a horrible explanation when you get into the macro-level in terms of the structure of the specific material or the atoms itself.

  • @sarahkaveh7739

    @sarahkaveh7739

    4 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean ?would you explain more?

  • @princessdiannemamaril8342
    @princessdiannemamaril83425 ай бұрын

    2024👇🏻

  • @floofybons2775

    @floofybons2775

    5 ай бұрын

    Gurl this was sent 46 minutes ago and why are you awake at 3 am cus I went to the bathroom and got bored and decided to study cus of an exam but why?WHY ARE YOU AWAKE?!

  • @film3516
    @film35163 жыл бұрын

    Men i was learning from wrong teacher this whole time

  • @classywithabite
    @classywithabite6 жыл бұрын

    booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • @classywithabite

    @classywithabite

    6 жыл бұрын

    i agre boooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • @gayaraaukwaththa9170

    @gayaraaukwaththa9170

    5 жыл бұрын

    ????????? I can’t believe haters exist IN SCIENCE VIDS. Like, just study for your finals, alright?

  • @Moe-rq8vt
    @Moe-rq8vt5 жыл бұрын

    everything he said was the opposite! For your own sake, watch other videos!

  • @ShabazzTBL
    @ShabazzTBL Жыл бұрын

    “You know what you do with it.” 😂

  • @yeinchung438
    @yeinchung4385 жыл бұрын

    Can metal be an insulator and a non-metal substance be conductor??

  • @tusharjha5539

    @tusharjha5539

    5 жыл бұрын

    Metals cannot be insulators but non metals can, such as graphite which is bonded up with carbon atoms and due to a delocalized electron, it can conduct electricity