Amount of Heat Depends on Current and Resistance

The amount of the heating of a wire is determined by the current flowing in the circuit as well as by the resistance which the current overcomes. The current through a given resistor being doubled, the amount of heat produced per minute or per second becomes four times as great. The outstanding Russian scientist, Lenz, and the prominent English physicist, Joule, independently established that the heating effect of a current is directly proportional to the square of the current.

On the other hand, doubling the resistance of the resistor and keeping the same current flowing through it, we shall get only double the amount of heat. That is to say, the heating effect of a current is directly proportional to the resistance through which it flows.

Suppose we shorten the wire of a resistor connected across a given voltage to half of its original length. Half the length of the wire having half the resistance, a given current flowing through that short wire will produce only half as much heat. But if the voltage remains unchanged, the current will be doubled because of the reduced resistance. When we double the current, it will produce four times as much heat. As a result we have twice the heat produced in half the length of wire. Since we are heating half as much wire with twice as much heat, this shortened wire becomes very much hotter. In other words, the shortening of the heating element makes it hotter, the lengthening of the heater element makes it cooler.

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Classification of Amplifiers

Amplifiers are classified in a variety of ways descriptive of their character and properties. One basis is according to the frequency range covered and leads to audio-frequency, radio-frequency, and direct-current amplifiers. Amplifiers are also classified as voltage or power amplifiers, according to whether the primary purpose is to develop voltage or power, respectively, in the output.

Amplifiers are also often referred to as Class A, Class AB, Class B, linear, or Class C amplifiers, according to the method of adjusting the tube. A Class A amplifier is an amplifier in which the grid-bias and alternating grid voltages are such that plate current in the tube flows at all times. Again a Class AB amplifier is an amplifier in which the grid-bias and alternating grid voltages are such that plate current in the tube flows for appreciably more than half but less than the entire electrical cycle. A Class B amplifier in which the grid bias is approximately equal to the cutoff value so that the plate current is approximately zero when no exciting grid voltage is applied and so that plate current flows in the tube approximately one-half of each cycle when an alternating grid voltage is applied. Class B amplifiers employing tuned load circuits are often referred to as linear amplifiers. A Class C amplifier is an amplifier in which the grid bias is appreciably greater than the cutoff value, so that the plate current in each tube is zero when no alternating grid voltage is applied and so that the plate current in the tube flows for appreciably less than one-half of each cycle when an alternating grid voltage is applied.

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Atomic Structure

The structure of the atom is comparable to the solar system, in which the planets revolve around the Sun. The core of the atom, corresponding to the position of the Sun in the center of the orbits of the planets, is called the nucleus. The nucleus contains protons and neutrons. Protons are positively charged, while neutrons are neutral elementary particles.

Around the nucleus of the atom, corresponding to the position occupied by the planets in the solar system, electrons, or negatively charged particles of electricity, revolve with appreciable speed. It is these electrons which participate in chemical changes.

The present accepted theory in regard to electrons is the one postulated by Niels Bohr in 1913. According to the Bohr theory, the electrons of an atom revolve around the nucleus at a tremendous rate of speed, and a definite quantity of energy is associated with the electron while it is revolving around the nucleus. For this reason, the orbits around the nucleus of the atom are often referred to as energy levels.

The orbits, or shells, surrounding the nucleus of the atom contain the electrons, and they are referred to by letters of the alphabet, beginning with the letter K.

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Radio receivers

Regardless of the type of signal or modulation, every radio receiver must perform the following six functions

1. The receiving antenna must intercept a portion of the passing radio waves.

2. Buried (resonant) circuits must select the desired signal from the mass of radio signals intercepted by the antenna.

3. The weak signals from the antenna must usually be amplified, by one or more tuned radio-frequency аmplifiers before they can bе demodulated.

4. The original intelligence (modulation) imposed upon the r-f carrier wire must be recovered in the form of an audio ­frequency signal bу a detector or demodulator circuit. For frequency-modulated waves, limiting of the carrier amplitude variations is usually also necessary.

5. The audio signal from the detector must be strengthened by one or more stages of audio-frequency amplificatiоn to a level sufficient to operate a set of headphones or a loudspeaker.

6. The amplified audio-frequency signal must be converted into corresponding sound waves by an. electromechanical reproducer, such as a loud-speaker or headphones.

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Dielectrics

The insulating medium that separates the plates of a condenser is known as the dielectric, and plays an important role in determining the characteristics of the condenser. The presence of a dielectric other than a vacuum raises the capacity of the condenser in comparison to its capacity in the presence of the dielectric by a factor known as the dielectric constant (also sometimes called specific inductive capacity).

Two very important classes of dielectric are plastic and ceramic types. The more important ceramic dielectrics include steatite, cordierite, and titanium dioxide ceramics, and mycalex. Steatite materials combine low dielectric losses, high dielectric strength, and high insulation resistance. They are particularly suitable for general insulation purposes at high frequencies and high temperatures. Cordierite is a complex magnesium aluminium silicate. Ceramics based upon it can be made that have an unusually low coefficient of thermal expansion, so that this material is particularly suitable for coil forms. The titanium dioxide ceramics are characterized by a high dielectric constant and low dielectric losses. This material finds its chief use as the dielectrics of condensers and gives high mechanical stability and a high capacity in a relatively small volume. The temperature coefficient of capacity of such condensers depends upon the mixture, and values can be obtained that range from substantially zero to relatively large negative values. This gives the possibility of providing a condenser suitable for the positive temperature.

Тема: Формирование навыков адекватного перевода

текстов по специальности

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Задание 1. Переведите следующие слова и словосочетания на русский язык, не обращаясь к словарю:

1. to utilize 2. to absorb 3. equipment 4. to probe 5. a tube 6. remote control 7. achievement 8. to devote 9. direct current 10. matter 11. substance 12. charge 13. rectification 14. to arrange 15. quantity

16. insulator 17. circuit 18. binding 19. at random 20. distribution 21. offset 22. work function 23. frequency 24. to retard 25. constituency 26. value 27. in series 28. property 29. owing to 30. take into consideration

31. to rectify 32. heater 33. a plate 34. a grid 35. envelope 36. to counteract 37. velocity 38. to discover 39. to suppress 40. network 41. shell 42. power output 43. to accelerate 44. alternating current

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1. Development of this equipment was possible largely because of continued improvements.

2. The velocity of a moving object can change by its speeding up, slowing down, or changing its direction of motion.

3. The introduction of a new theory is always followed by a period of extended testing.

4. In a voltmeter high current sensitivity is desired.

5. This method previously mentioned as affording good results, is widely used.

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Fundamental Radio Processes

Conversion of the initial message into a coded electric signal. When transmitting speech or music, the sound waves are converted into electrical oscillations by means of a microphone, while optical images for television transmission are transformed into video signals by means of a camera tube. If a written message is to be transmitted, it is first coded, i.e., each letter of the text is replaced by a combination of standard symbols (such as dots, dashes and pauses of the Morse code) and these are then converted into standard electrical signals (e.g., pulses of different duration or polarity).

Control of radio-frequency oscillations (modulation). The process of modulation consists in changing one or several parameters of a radio-frequency wave in accordance with the information to be transmitted. As a rule, the frequency of the modulating signal is low in comparison with the carrier frequency of the oscillator. Modulation can be effected by various methods, usually based on changing the potential applied to the electrodes of electron devices inserted into the circuit of the radio transmitter. The principal characteristic of the modulation process is the degree of conformity between the change in a parameter of the high-frequency oscillation and the modulating signal.

Generation of radio-frequency oscillations. A radio-frequency oscillator is a source of carrier waves. Depending on the purpose and type of radio communication channel, the oscillator may have an output from a few thousands of a watt to millions of watts. Obviously, such oscillators differ in design and overall dimensions very broadly – from a small element to a huge engineering structure.

The basic characteristics of a radio-frequency oscillator are: frequency range and capability of being quickly transferred from one operating frequency to another, power output, and efficiency. The stability of oscillation frequency is of special importance.

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