Sentences with phrase «electrical charges travel»

The result was a great improvement in carrier mobility, which measures how quickly electrical charges travel through the transistor.

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It is not clear how the lights are produced, but Friedmann Freund of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, thinks that when rocks in the crust are squeezed, chemical bonds break to produce a pulse of electrical charge that travels up to the surface.

A plasma cutter works by streaming pressurized gas such as argon through a narrow channel, where it acquires an electrical charge, transforming it into a blade of plasma traveling more than 1,500 miles per hour.

Scientists have long known that brain cells communicate via electrical missives, created by charged atoms and molecules called ions as they travel across the membranes of those cells.

When the detector is illuminated — say, by a bright star — electric charges will be freed that will travel in the detector (helped by an electrical potential difference) until they are detected.

The lithium - ion battery pack can be charged in under three hours from a 240 - volt charger, allowing the S E-Hybrid to travel about 20 miles on electrical power alone.

This optimised charging strategy saves up to ten per cent of energy so as to extend the amount of travel time during which the vehicle runs on electrical power alone.

A plug - in hybrid operates like a normal gasoline - electric hybrid but can be plugged in to regular electrical current overnight to charge the batteries to the point where, GM claims, the Vue will be able to travel 34 miles on electric power alone.

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