Physics GCSE
Conventional current direction
What Conventional current direction means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Conventional current direction
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Reference: OCR
The second finger points along the conventional current in the conductor.
Topics that use Conventional current direction
- Uses of magnetism (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Applying and rearranging equations
- Force direction and orientation
- Force on a current-carrying conductor
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- Induced potential difference from a changing magnetic flux
- Magnetic field around a current
- magnetic flux density
- magnetic flux density in tesla
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