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Series Circuits

OCR AS-level PhysicsElectricityLesson 23 of 30

In a series circuit there is only one path for the current to take from one terminal of the source through the components and back to the other terminal.

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electromotive force
The energy transferred per unit charge from other forms of energy into electrical energy by a source such as a cell.

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