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Does electricity flow from the positive to the negative terminal or the negative to the positive terminal?
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∙ 13y ago
That's a convention. It could be drawn the other way, but it is better to stick to the convention, to avoid confusion.
That's a convention. It could be drawn the other way, but it is better to stick to the convention, to avoid confusion.
That's a convention. It could be drawn the other way, but it is better to stick to the convention, to avoid confusion.
That's a convention. It could be drawn the other way, but it is better to stick to the convention, to avoid confusion.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoConventional current flows from positive to negative, when electricity was in its infancy this was thought to be the rule. With more sophisticated equipment it was found that this rule was not true. Electrons flow from negative to positive. Many electronic schematics still are drawn using conventional current flow.
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∙ 6y agoThe tangent at any point on an electric field line gives the direction of the electric field at that point. The electric field lines begin from positive charge and terminate or end on negative charge.
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∙ 9y agoThe conventional current direction is the opposite of electron current direction. Conventional current leaves the positive battery terminal, but electron current leaves the negative terminal!
The direction of current flow is a matter of convention and perspective, like what direction is "up" inside a space station.
It was once assumed that the charge carrier was a positively charged particle. In turn, this set the direction of arrows used in current designations and on diodes (and later on junction transistors).
Much later, the electron was isolated, and its charge was measured to be minus one (-1). Rather than rewrite every document in existence, we began to think with a split perspective.
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∙ 8y agoNo not always. There could be from negative charges to positive charges.
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∙ 14y agoans:
away from positive point charge and towards negative point charge.
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∙ 13y agoyes..
as it deviates 4m positive to negative
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∙ 14y agoThat's a convention. It could be drawn the other way, but it is better to stick to the convention, to avoid confusion.
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∙ 13y agoDirection of electric field line is from positive to negative.
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Do electrons flow from the positive to the negative terminal of a wet cell?
Electrons have a negative charge. For that reason, electrons will always flow in the opposite direction of the current, which flows from positive to negative. Electrons will therefore move from a negative terminal to a positive terminal when we look at the load on a cell. Within the cell, the electrons will flow from the positive terminal to the negative terminal.
What end does electrons flow in a circuit?
the positive side, the negative side is usually just a ground
Why electrons flow in negative to positive direction?
Electrons are negatively charged particles. The reason the negative side of your D battery is negative is because that's where the free electrons are. The positive terminal is starved or has a deficit of electrons. The negatively charged electrons naturally want to fill the 'holes', in atoms lacking an electron on the positive side. Thus electron flow is from negative to positive. Conventional current flow assumes that current flows out of the positive terminal, through the circuit and into the negative terminal of the source. This was the convention chosen during the discovery of electricity. They were wrong!
Do electrons come out of the negative or positive terminal?
Electrons are negatively-charged particles that flow out from the negative terminal and into the positive terminal of a battery. It was once assumed that moving particles had a positivecharge, and so this conventional current flow set the original arrow direction, still shown on diodes and junction transistors.
Why is it necessary that an electron returns to the positive terminal of the battery each time another electron leaves the negative terminal?
Electrons are negatively charged, and so are attracted to the positive end of a battery and repelled by the negative end. So when the battery is hooked up to something that lets the electrons flow through it, they flow from negative to positive.
What are semiconductor devices allowing electricity to flow only one direction from the negative to the positive terminal?
battery
Do electrons flow from the positive to the negative terminal of a wet cell?
Electrons have a negative charge. For that reason, electrons will always flow in the opposite direction of the current, which flows from positive to negative. Electrons will therefore move from a negative terminal to a positive terminal when we look at the load on a cell. Within the cell, the electrons will flow from the positive terminal to the negative terminal.
The flow of current in electrodes is in which direction?
The ELECTRONS flow from the negative to the positive terminal. But it is considered that the electric current flows from the positive to the negative terminal.
What direction will an electric current flow?
from positive terminal to negative terminal
What is the positive terminal of a diode known as?
It is called the positive + terminal or post, just like you list. Electrons flow for the negative - to the + terminal contrary to popular belief.Another AnswerAs electrons flow through the external circuit from anode (negative terminal) to the cathode (positive terminal) , then the answer is 'cathode'.
How you can indicate the current direction in the network?
If we go for the diagramatic representation then battery positive is represented by the long terminal and battery negative is represented by the short terminal then the direction of the current is given by an arrow from positive terminal to negative terminal (Therotically electrons flow from negative to positive but we represent current flow from positive to negative. This is the sign convention )
What is the positive terminal of the battery called?
It is called the positive + terminal or post, just like you list. Electrons flow for the negative - to the + terminal contrary to popular belief.Another AnswerAs electrons flow through the external circuit from anode (negative terminal) to the cathode (positive terminal) , then the answer is 'cathode'.
What end does electrons flow in a circuit?
the positive side, the negative side is usually just a ground
How does current flow along a conductor?
Conventional Current states that current moves from the positive terminal of a power supply to the negative terminal.Electron Flow states that electrons move from the negative terminal of a power supply to the positive terminal.
What terminal does electrons flow from in a dry cell?
That is a good way to run the cell down quickly. Electrons are negatively charged so they always move from the positive terminal towards the negative. Each electron carries a charge of 1.602 x 10-19 coulombs so 1 coulomb (1 amp for 1 second) carries 6.24 x 1018 electrons.
In which direction do electrons flow?
From anode to cathode.
A grounding wire allows the movement of electrons in which direction?
Electrons flow from the negative terminal to the positive. Conventional current or simply current, behaves as if positive charge carriers cause current flow. Conventional current flows from the positive terminal to the negative
