Cross Wars: A New Volt

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Across
  1. 1. The process of adding impurity atoms to pure semiconductor materials to improved the conductivity
  2. 2. A strand or group of strands of electrically conductive material, normally copper or aluminum.
  3. 3. Measured in watts
  4. 5. Particle with a neutral charge
  5. 6. Results in infinite resistance
  6. 10. Number of these electrons determines if a material is a conductor, semiconductor, or insulator
  7. 12. a conductor that provides a low impedance path to earth.
  8. 14. Came up with Kirchoff's Voltage Law
  9. 16. A material with 4 valence electrons
  10. 18. Measurement of continuous power
  11. 19. A device used to measure voltage, current, and resistance.
  12. 20. a circuit in which all components are connected in tandem
  13. 23. the most common semiconducting material
  14. 24. A safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.
  15. 25. an object having resistance
  16. 27. A diode used to stabilize voltage across a load
Down
  1. 1. Current which moves in a single direction in a steady flow
  2. 3. Particle with a positive charge
  3. 4. The number of cycles per second of an AC wave measured in hertz
  4. 7. A circuit in which components are so arranged the current divides between them.
  5. 8. A unit of electromotive force
  6. 9. Results in zero resistance
  7. 11. An electro-magnetic device used to change the voltage in an alternating current electrical circuit.
  8. 12. Physicist for which the measurement of resistance is named
  9. 13. A unit of electrical resistance defined as the resistance of a circuit with a voltage of one volt and a current flow of one ampere.
  10. 15. from a high to a low potential (voltage) or vice versa
  11. 17. An apparatus for converting an alternating electrical
  12. 21. Particle with a negative charge
  13. 22. an apparatus that changes direct current to alternating currents
  14. 23. Mechanical device used to stop or redirect the flow of electricity
  15. 26. A Prefix meaning one million