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Electronics/Circuits.md

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 ---
 categories:
   - Electronics
-tags: [electricity, circuits]
+tags: [electricity, electrical-fcircuits]
 ---
 
 # Circuits
 
-// TODO: Add much more simplified GCSE-level notes on what a circuit is
+An electrical circuit is a set of electrical components connected in such a way that current flows in a loop from a voltage source, through the cirucit elements and back to the source.
+
+Below is a basic circuit representing a 9-volt [battery]() with a 10,000$\Omega$ resistor attached accross its terminals.
+
+![](/img/basic-circuit.png)
+
+## Open an short circuits
+
+A circuit with a break in its loop is called an **open circuit**. When a circuit is open, no current flows.
+
+A **short circuit** is a path in a circuit that allows current to flow with little or no resistance. This is usually unintentional and results in excessive current flowing through the circuit. A short circuit is the opposite to an open circuit. With an open circuit there is an infinite resistance between the two terminals.
+
+## Ground

Electronics/Ground.md

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+---
+title: Ground
+categories:
+  - Electronics
+tags: [physics, electricity]
+---

Electronics/Physics_of_electricity/Ohms_Law.md

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 # Ohm's Law
 
-The relationship between [current](), [voltage](), and [resistance]() is defined by Ohm's Law:
+The relationship between [current](/Electronics/Current.md), [voltage](/Electronics/Voltage.md), and [resistance](/Electronics/Resistance.md) is defined by Ohm's Law:
 
 > The current flowing from one point to another is equal to the voltage accross these points divided by the resistance between them.
 

Electronics/Resistance.md

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 ## Relationship between _resistance_ and _insulation_
 
-Resistance and insulation are not the same thing although they relate to the same natural phenomena. Resistance is a propery of an electrical circuit whereas insularity is a property of substances found in the world. Similarly, inulators are naturally occuring materials that resist the flow of current to different degrees whereas a resistor is a man-made electrical component that is used to _control_ the flow of current in a circuit.
+Resistance and insulation are not the same thing although they relate to the same natural phenomena. Resistance is a property of an electrical circuit whereas insularity is a property of substances found in the world. Similarly, insulators are naturally occuring materials that resist the flow of current to different degrees whereas a resistor is a man-made electrical component that is used to _control_ the flow of current in a circuit.
-
-The opposite to resistance is **conductance**. Again conductance is not the same thing as a [conductor](/Electronics/Physics_of_electricity/Electrons.md#conductivity-and-insularity): it is a measure of the capacity for current to flow through an electrical component and is function of the fact that certain materials are better conductors than others.
 
 ## Factors affecting resistance
 
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 > Given that resistance is the opposite of conductance, the relation between the two quantities can be expressed via a recipricol: $R = 1/G$ and $G = 1/R$
 
+## Ohm's Law
+
+The relationship between current, resistance and voltage is expressed in [Ohm's Law](/Electronics/Physics_of_electricity/Ohms_Law.md).
+
 ## Resistors
 
 ![](/img/resistor-photo.jpg)