Gout and Diet. Gouty arthritis is usually an extremely painful attack with a rapid onset of joint inflammation. The inflammation is precipitated by the deposition of uric acid crystals in the lining of the joint (synovial lining) and the fluid within the joint. Intense joint inflammation occurs when white blood cells engulf the crystals of uric acid and release chemicals that promote inflammation.
Which way does the electric field point around the positive terminal of an alkaline battery? E.20 The electric field points away from the positive terminalâs surface. 21. Which has the stronger electric field between its two terminals: a 1.5-V AA battery or a standard 9-V battery? Explain. E.21 The 9-V battery has the larger voltage gradient and therefore the stronger electric field because its two terminals have a greater voltage difference and a shorter distance between them. 22. You have 100 AA batteries.
The convention has stuck and is still used today. The direction of an electric current is by convention the direction in which a positive charge would move. Thus, the current in the external circuit is directed away from the positive terminal and toward the negative terminal of the battery. Electrons would actually move through the wires in the opposite direction.