Unit 11 · Electric Circuits

Chapter 11.3

Kirchhoff's Rules

Two batteries and three resistors, and no amount of series-or-parallel bookkeeping will untangle it. Two conservation laws will — one for energy, one for charge.

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By the end

  1. 01Apply the loop rule as energy conservation, with potential rising and falling around a closed path
  2. 02Apply the junction rule as charge conservation at a branch point
  3. 03Solve a multi-loop circuit for its currents and graph potential against position around a loop

In unit 11

  1. 11.1Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
  2. 11.2Electric Power and Compound Circuits
  3. 11.3Kirchhoff's Rules
  4. 11.4Capacitors in Circuits
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