What's the True Nature of Electricity?

By SOL
June 26, 2020 3:45am CST
When water is frozen it's still water. And if everything in existence is energy, wouldn't that mean the atom-the smallest unit of an element be simply frozen electricity? Engage with me on your thoughts :)
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
26 Jun 20
Water is a molecule with 2 atoms of hydrogen that has a positive charge and one atom of oxygen. Water is a dipole, altering the physical state like freezing and melting will not affect it to the atomic level because the atoms are already attached to form the water molecule.
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30 Jun 20
Beautiful :)
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
27 Jun 20
Well, partly yes. The atom has a lot of energy stored in it but not necessarily electricity. To keep the atom in its "atomic" form, it needs energy. Otherwise, you'd get neutrons, protons, and electrons flying around. That's what you call radiation. Now, electricity is just the movement of electrons from a molecule with lots of them to another with few. This movement makes heat in conductors and magnetism when coiled to make engines. When electrons stop moving, the conductors stop getting hotter and the electromagnets lose their magnetism.
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30 Jun 20
Insightful :)
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