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1.6x10^19 amperes is the amount of current that a flow of an electron will contain.
When we consider electron flow, we think of moving electrons. The electron has a negative charge. This model of current flow, the electron current flow model, follows the movement of those negative charges.As a contrast, we might consider what is called conventional current flow. And that the model of current involves the movement of charges with a positive polarity.
Conventional current flow refers to a flow of positive charges. It is a kind of ficticious current. If - as is often the case - the real current is an electron flow (negative charges), then the conventional flow is a current in the opposite direction as the electron movements, since this would have the same effect (for example on the magnetic field, or on conservation of charge).
The current flow is from positive to negative whereas electron flow is from negative to positive.
The "flow of current" is considered to be in the opposite direction.
Electrons are in random motion in a material, such that there is no resultant electron movement. Hence a material has no current flow by its own. Only the directed flow of this charge in a direction, will results in current. when we provide sufficient energy (for example by mean of applied potential difference ) the net motion of the electron gives rise to the current flow.
the flow of electrons through a conductor
the flow of electrons through a conductor
Electron movement is referred to as electric current. When electrons flow through a conductor, such as a wire, they carry electrical energy from one point to another. The direction of current flow is opposite to the direction of electron movement.
Electron flow is known as current. SI unit is Ampere
Conventional current flow is current flowing from positive to negative as opposed to electron flow where current flow is from negative to positive. See Related Links
In general, yes, we normally think of the movement of electrons (electron flow) as electric current.