Gussow, Milton <br/><br/>
Basic electricity / 
Milton Gussow  
 - 2nd 
 - New York:  McGraw-Hill; ,  2007 
 - 561 p. 
 - Schaum's outline series .
<br/><br/>The Nature of Electricity 1	(14)<br/>Structure of the Atom 1	(2)<br/>The Electric Charge 3	(1)<br/>The Coulomb<br/>4	(1)<br/>The Electrostatic Field<br/>4	(1)<br/>Potential Difference<br/>5	(1)<br/>Current<br/>5	(1)<br/>Current Flow<br/>6	(1)<br/>Sources of Electricity<br/>7	(1)<br/>Direct and Alternating Currents and Voltages<br/>8	(7)<br/>Electrical Standards and Conventions<br/>15	(24)<br/>Units<br/>Introduction<br/>15	(1)<br/>Metric Prefixes<br/>15	(1)<br/>Powers of 10<br/>16	(4)<br/>Scientific Notation<br/>20	(1)<br/>Rounding Off Numbers<br/>20	(7)<br/>Graphical Symbols and Electrical Diagrams<br/>Schematic Diagram<br/>27	(3)<br/>One-Line Diagram<br/>30	(1)<br/>Block Diagram<br/>30	(2)<br/>Wiring Diagram<br/>32	(1)<br/>Electrical Plan<br/>32	(7)<br/>Ohm's Law And Power<br/>39	(13)<br/>The Electric Circuit<br/>39	(1)<br/>Resistance<br/>40	(1)<br/>Fixed Resistors<br/>40	(1)<br/>Variable Resistors<br/>41	(1)<br/>Ohm's Law<br/>42	(1)<br/>Electric Power<br/>43	(1)<br/>Horsepower<br/>44	(1)<br/>Electric Energy<br/>45	(7)<br/>Direct-Current Series Circuits<br/>52	(23)<br/>Voltage, Current, and Resistance in Series Circuits<br/>52	(3)<br/>Polarity of Voltage Drops<br/>55	(1)<br/>Conductors<br/>56	(4)<br/>Total Power in a Series Circuit<br/>60	(1)<br/>Voltage Drop by Proportional Parts<br/>61	(14)<br/>Direct-Current Parallel Circuits<br/>75	(22)<br/>Voltage and Current in a Parallel Circuit<br/>75	(2)<br/>Resistances in Parallel<br/>77	(3)<br/>Open and Short Circuits<br/>80	(2)<br/>Division of Current in Two Parallel Branches<br/>82	(1)<br/>Conductances in Parallel<br/>83	(1)<br/>Power in Parallel Circuits<br/>84	(13)<br/>Batteries<br/>97	(13)<br/>The Voltaic Cell<br/>97	(1)<br/>Series and Parallel Cells<br/>98	(1)<br/>Primary and Secondary Cells<br/>99	(1)<br/>Types of Batteries<br/>99	(4)<br/>Battery Characteristics<br/>103	(7)<br/>Kirchhoff's Laws<br/>110	(18)<br/>Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)<br/>110	(2)<br/>Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL)<br/>112	(2)<br/>Mesh Currents<br/>114	(2)<br/>Node Voltages<br/>116	(12)<br/>Determinant Solutions For Dc Networks<br/>128	(25)<br/>Second-Order Determinants<br/>128	(1)<br/>Third-Order Determinants<br/>128	(2)<br/>Cramer's Rule<br/>130	(5)<br/>Determinant Method for Solving Currents in a Two-Mesh Network<br/>135	(1)<br/>Determinant Method for Solving Currents in a Three-Mesh Network<br/>136	(17)<br/>Network Calculations<br/>153	(52)<br/>Y and Delta Networks<br/>153	(4)<br/>Superposition<br/>157	(2)<br/>Thevenin's Theorem<br/>159	(2)<br/>Norton's Theorem<br/>161	(3)<br/>Series-Parallel Circuits<br/>164	(2)<br/>Wheatstone Bridge Circuit<br/>166	(1)<br/>Maximum Power Transfer<br/>167	(1)<br/>Line-Drop Calculations<br/>168	(2)<br/>Three-Wire Distribution Systems<br/>170	(35)<br/>Magnetism and Electromagnetism<br/>205	(24)<br/>The Nature of Magnetism<br/>205	(1)<br/>Magnetic Materials<br/>206	(1)<br/>Electromagnetism<br/>207	(3)<br/>Magnetic Units<br/>210	(2)<br/>BH Magnetization Curve<br/>212	(1)<br/>Magnetic Circuits<br/>213	(2)<br/>Electromagnetic Induction<br/>215	(3)<br/>International System of Units<br/>218	(11)<br/>Direct-Current Generators and Motors<br/>229	(23)<br/>Motors and Generators<br/>229	(1)<br/>Simple DC Generator<br/>230	(1)<br/>Armature Windings<br/>231	(1)<br/>Field Excitation<br/>232	(1)<br/>DC Generator Equivalent Circuit<br/>233	(1)<br/>Generator Voltage Equations and Voltage Regulation<br/>234	(1)<br/>Losses and Efficiency of a DC Machine<br/>235	(1)<br/>Direct-Current Motor<br/>236	(1)<br/>DC Motor Equivalent Circuit<br/>237	(1)<br/>Speed of a Motor<br/>238	(1)<br/>Motor Types<br/>239	(2)<br/>Starting Requirements for Motors<br/>241	(11)<br/>Principles of Alternating Current<br/>252	(23)<br/>Generating an Alternating Voltage<br/>252	(1)<br/>Angular Measurement<br/>252	(2)<br/>Sine Wave<br/>254	(1)<br/>Alternating Current<br/>254	(1)<br/>Frequency and Period<br/>255	(1)<br/>Phase Relationships<br/>256	(1)<br/>Phasors<br/>256	(3)<br/>Characteristic Values of Voltage and Current<br/>259	(2)<br/>Resistance in AC Circuits<br/>261	(14)<br/>Inductance, Inductive Reactance, and Inductive Circuits<br/>275	(30)<br/>Induction<br/>275	(1)<br/>Characteristics of Coils<br/>276	(1)<br/>Inductive Reactance<br/>277	(1)<br/>Inductors in Series or Parallel<br/>278	(3)<br/>Inductive Circuits<br/>281	(6)<br/>Q of a Coil<br/>287	(1)<br/>Power in RL Circuits<br/>288	(17)<br/>Capacitance, Capacitive Reactance, and Capacitive Circuits<br/>305	(27)<br/>Capacitor<br/>305	(1)<br/>Capacitance<br/>306	(2)<br/>Types of Capacitors<br/>308	(1)<br/>Capacitors in Series and Parallel<br/>308	(2)<br/>Capacitive Reactance<br/>310	(1)<br/>Capacitive Circuits<br/>311	(5)<br/>Power in RC Circuits<br/>316	(16)<br/>Single-Phase Circuits<br/>332	(29)<br/>The General RLC Circuit<br/>332	(1)<br/>RLC in Series<br/>332	(3)<br/>RLC in Parallel<br/>335	(3)<br/>RL and RC Branches in Parallel<br/>338	(2)<br/>Power and Power Factor<br/>340	(21)<br/>Alternating-Current Generators and Motors<br/>361	(24)<br/>Alternators<br/>361	(3)<br/>Paralleling Generators<br/>364	(1)<br/>Ratings<br/>364	(1)<br/>Losses and Efficiency<br/>364	(1)<br/>Polyphase Induction Motors<br/>365	(3)<br/>Synchronous Motors<br/>368	(4)<br/>Single-Phase Motors<br/>372	(13)<br/>Complex Numbers and Complex Impedance For Series Ac Circuits<br/>385	(24)<br/>Introduction<br/>385	(1)<br/>Definition of a Complex Number<br/>385	(1)<br/>Operator j<br/>385	(2)<br/>Rectangular and Polar Forms of Complex Numbers<br/>387	(2)<br/>Operations with Complex Numbers<br/>389	(3)<br/>Complex Impedance in Series<br/>392	(17)<br/>AC Circuit Analysis With Complex Numbers<br/>409	(46)<br/>Phasors<br/>409	(1)<br/>Two-Terminal Network<br/>409	(1)<br/>Series AC Circuit<br/>409	(2)<br/>Parallel AC Circuit<br/>411	(3)<br/>Series-Parallel AC Circuit<br/>414	(2)<br/>Complex Power<br/>416	(5)<br/>Determinant Solution for AC Circuits<br/>421	(3)<br/>AC Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions<br/>424	(31)<br/>Transformers<br/>455	(19)<br/>Ideal Transformer Characteristics<br/>455	(3)<br/>Transformer Ratings<br/>458	(1)<br/>Impedance Ratio<br/>459	(1)<br/>Autotransformer<br/>460	(1)<br/>Transformer Losses and Efficiency<br/>460	(2)<br/>No-Load Condition<br/>462	(1)<br/>Coil Polarity<br/>463	(11)<br/>Three-Phase Systems<br/>474	(25)<br/>Characteristics of Three-Phase Systems<br/>474	(1)<br/>Three-Phase Transformer Connections<br/>475	(2)<br/>Power in Balanced Three-Phase Loads<br/>477	(5)<br/>Unbalanced Three-Phase Loads<br/>482	(17)<br/>Series and Parallel Resonance<br/>499	(25)<br/>Series Resonance<br/>499	(4)<br/>Q of Series Circuit<br/>503	(1)<br/>Parallel Resonance<br/>503	(3)<br/>Q of Parallel Circuit<br/>506	(2)<br/>Bandwidth and Power of Resonant Circuit<br/>508	(2)<br/>Summary<br/>510	(14)<br/>Waveforms and Time Constants<br/>524	(29)<br/>RL Series Circuit Waveforms<br/>524	(4)<br/>RL Time Constants<br/>528	(2)<br/>RC Series Circuit Waveforms<br/>530	(4)<br/>RC Time Constants<br/>534	(1)<br/>Calculation for Time t<br/>535	(18)<br/>Index		553	 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780071635288 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Electricity
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.30202  / Gu Ba