Faraday
What scientific discipline other than physics did he study?
Chemistry
What is his whole name?
Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
What well known type of radiation did he name?
emission of "black-body" radiation from heated objects
Where was he born? And where did he die?
born Austrian Empire [now Croatia]
died New York, New York, U.S.
What does the unit Ohm measure?
electrical resistance = R units omega
I = V/R
Where did he study as a child?
He did not grow up going to school. The only education he had was a Sunday school and through reading books where he worked for a book binder.
What was this Italian physicists big invention?
the electric battery (the voltaic pile)
What part of the electromagnetic spectrum does the answer in the question above typically represent?
Infrared region
Who was his first employer?
Thomas Edison
What was detailed in his 1827 publication: Die galvanische Kette, mathematisch bearbeitet (The Galvanic Circuit Investigated Mathematically)
Ohm's Law = the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points
It has been said, with some truth, that Faraday was greatest discovery.
Davy’s - Davy's hired him as a lab assistant
What unit is named after him and what is it equal to?
Volt is the electrical unit of voltage or potential difference (symbol: V).
One Volt is defined as energy consumption of one joule per electric charge of one coulomb.
1V = 1J/C
One volt is equal to current of 1 amp times resistance of 1 ohm: 1V = 1A ⋅ 1Ω
In 1857 he calculated that an electric signal in a resistanceless wire travels along the wire at the _____ of______.
speed of light
In May 1888 George Westinghouse, head of the Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh, bought the patent rights to Tesla’s polyphase system. What common household utility did this patent enable?
alternating current electricity
While his work greatly influenced the theory and applications of current electricity, it was so coldly received that he .....
Resigned his job at Jesuits’ College at Cologne
In 1821 he invented the first ______ _______.
Electric motor
What gas did he discover and isolate in 1776
methane gas
What other noteworthy scientist did he collaborate with at the University of Heidelberg?
Robert Bunsen
In 1981 he invented the _____ ______ .
Tesla Coil - used for radio technology
He was finally recognized by the Royal Society of London in 1841 by receiving which award.
The Copley Medal and then was inducted into the society
What does the unit Faraday measure?
(1 faraday) a unit = 96 485.3329 coulombs
Faraday, also called faraday constant, unit of electricity, used in the study of electrochemical reactions and equal to the amount of electric charge that liberates one gram equivalent of any ion from an electrolytic solution
1 faraday = 96,485.3329 coulombs
He disproved the theory of "animal electricity". What animal was used in the original experiements?
A frog
What law did he propose in 1859?
The law of thermal radiation;
refers to wavelength-specific radiative emission and absorption by a material body in thermodynamic equilibrium, including radiative exchange equilibrium.
What did Tesla's parents do?
His father was a priest and his mother was uneducated but highly intelligent.
In what city was he living when he died.
Munich, Germany