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What is meant by electric current?


PRADEEP KUMAR 10th Nov, 2021
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PRADEEP KUMAR 10th Nov, 2021

The term electric current simply means the rate at which the electrical charge or electrons flow inside a material. Mathematically Electric current is written as I=dQ/dt where dQ is the change in electrical charge which passes in a given period of time dt. The SI unit of electric current is known as Ampere which is denoted by A.

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