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Kirchhoff's laws
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Kirchhoff's laws [for Gustav R. Kirchhoff Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert (g
..... Click the link for more information. ], pair of laws stating general restrictions on the current and voltage in an electric circuit electric circuit, unbroken path along which an electric current exists or is intended or able to flow. A simple circuit might consist of an electric cell (the power source), two conducting wires (one end of each being attached to each terminal of the cell), and a
..... Click the link for more information. . The first of these states that at any given instant the sum of the voltages around any closed path, or loop, in the network is zero. The second states that at any junction of paths, or node, in a network the sum of the currents arriving at any instant is equal to the sum of the currents flowing away.
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