Electric current
What Electric current means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Electric current
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Reference: AQA
The rate of flow of charge, given by I = ΔQ/Δt, so one ampere is one coulomb per second.
The rate of flow of charge, given by I = ΔQ/Δt.
Topics that use Electric current
- Basics of electricity (AQA A-Level)
- Charge (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Calculations with integer multiples of e
- Charge carriers and current direction
- Consistency of sign conventions in circuit analysis
- Conventional current
- Derived units
- Discrete nature of charge
- Electron flow in metallic conductors
- Elementary charge
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