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The continuous flow of positive charges is called current
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The flow of negative charges through matter is called?
A continuous flow of negative charges is called an electric current.
The flow of electric charges is called?
The flow of electric charges is current.
Is conventional flow or electronic flow true?
Electronic flow is true. Conventional flow was thought to have positive charges flowing from the + terminal to the - terminal. This was before we knew that it is actually the electrons which flow, and the positive charges cannot move out of their atomic nuclei. Now that electrons have been detected, and protons are known to stay within the nucleus unless a nuclear reaction takes place, we know that it is the electrons that flow from the - terminal to the + terminal. This is known as electronic flow.
What is the flow of charges between two objects called?
A flow of charge is called a current. It is measured in coulombs per second per amperes.
True are false. electricity is a flow of negative charge?
False. 1. Electricity involves the movement of electrical charges. The most common case is the movement of electrons (a negative charge), but other possibilities exist, such as movement of charges through ions (positive or negative), or holes (positive). 2. Even stating that electricity IS a flow of charged particles is a gross and misleading simplification. An electrical current INVOLVES the flow of charges, but that does not fully describe an electrical current.
What is a flow of a charge called?
The continuous flow of positive charges is called current
The flow of negative charges through matter is called?
A continuous flow of negative charges is called an electric current.
Is the continuous flow of charges through a material is called electric resistance?
No, it's called 'current'.
How do charges flow?
Charges always flow from positive to negative.
What is the continuous flow of electric charges?
electric current
What is the conventional current flow?
Conventional current flow is the flow of positive charges, or the equivalent flow of positive charges. That is, if what flows is really negative charges (for example, an electron), which flow in one direction, the "conventional current" flows in the opposite direction.
What is the continuous flow of electric charges through a material?
Yes, an electric current is the flow of charged particles.
Why positive charges are called sources and negative are called sink?
Old (very old) tradition, when electricity was assumed to flow from positive to negative. (They hadn't figured out electrons yet.)
What is conventional currunt in physics?
That means that you consider the flow of a POSITIVE charge. If negative charges happen to flow in one direction (as is often the case), you consider the equivalent flow of positive charges in the opposite direction.
The flow of electric charges is called?
The flow of electric charges is current.
What is the direction of current flow in a Battery and why?
Current means flow. Electric current means flow of electric charges Now there are two kind of charges. They are positive and negative But current is defined as the flow of positive charges But in metallic wires there is no chance for positive charges to flow through. Only loosely bound electrons with negative charge are capable of flowing. So current is case of metallic wire is due to electrons. So we have to assign as "conventional current". Conventional current is always opposite to the flow of electron flow Now from a battery current (conventional) flows right from positive polarity to the negative polarity. But within batter is has to flow right from negative to positive so as to complete the circuit of flow.
What is the forward continuous movement of fluid called?
flow
