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A item's resistance is not able to be changed with water. Water on an object or absorbed by an object can change the overall resistance of an object by putting in parallel the resistance of the water itself. If you were to use very clean water that was deionized and soaked your device, you would see no resistance change.
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What happens to electrical in a resistor?
when you think of electricity and resistance think of it as water in a river and rocks in a river. The water being the electricity and the rocks being the resistance. when water in a river flows and then come across rocks that block the water from flowing constantly, it slows down the water. therefore when electricity is flowing through a circuit with resistance, when it hits the resistors it slows the flow of electricity.
The presence of these in water causes water to conduct electicity?
Pure water, by itself, is not capable of conducting electricity. However, when other substances are added and ions make their way into water, those free ions can cause water to conduct electricity.
The flow of electricity can be compared to the circulation of water in a?
A pipe. The volume of water available can be compared to voltage. The diameter of pipe could be compared to resistance with smaller diameter being larger resistance and the flow of water past a point in pipe is equivalent to current flow.
Why does resistance of human body decrease to electricity when body is wet?
If you increase resistance, current is restricted (river is damed up). If you decrease restistance, current flows faster (river is wide and open). With water on our skin the current can travel across our skin instead of having to move through our bodies. The current has found a new path. Not inside our bodies but outside our bodies where there is much less resistance. Which is better? A large highway with a traffic jam or the side road next to the highway with the traffice jam The side road is effected by the traffic jam, but is still faster than the highway.
Does water amplify electricity?
no
