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What is the direction of flow of electric current in an electric current?
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DC current
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The direction of a magnetic field produced by an electric current depends on the direction of the what?
Flow of the current.
Why does electric current flow in a single direction?
Gravity
What is the difference between electron flow direction and electric current flow direction?
the electrons flow from the region of low potential to region of high potential. the electric current also flow in this direction but for convention we took it as the flow of positive charge from region of low to high region potential.
How does the increase or decrease of potential difference affect the flow of the electric current?
Increase or decrease in potential results in the change in direction of the flow of electric current.
What is the electrical current in a circuit?
Conventionally electric current was assumed to be a flow of positive charges. But in reality especially in metals electric current is due to the flow of negatively charged electrons. So direction of conventional current is opposite to the direction of flow of electrons. But in case of liquids as well as solids electric current is due the flow of both positive and negative ions.
What direction will an electric current flow?
from positive terminal to negative terminal
Why electric cooling fans rotate in opposite direction if there is a change in current flow?
Cooling fans use electric motors which operate by magnetism. As the direction of the current flow reverse, the magnetic poles reverse and hence the change in direction.
How does electric current travel?
the flow of electrons in a metal is called electric current . the conventional direction of electric current is shown from positive pole to negative pole
What refers to electric current when electrons always flow in the same direction in the wire?
When electrons always flow in the same direction in the wire it is known a DC (direct current).
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 enables the electric current to move through a material?
The electric current moves in the direction opposite to the flow of electrons by convention.When a potential difference is applied to a material which has "loose" electrons, the electrons move in a direction opposite to the potential gradient and the current moves in the opposite direction to the flow of electrons.This is how current flows in materials.
What direction does direct current flow in?
Curren flow from high potential to low potential or simply, positive pole to negetive pole.
