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A ampere is a measure of the flow rate of electricity a coulomb is an amount of electricity. So 1 ampere is a flow of electricity at the rate of 1 coulomb per second.

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Strictly speaking, as the ampere is an SI base unit whereas a coulomb is a derived unit, it is more accurate to say that 'a coulomb is an ampere second (A.s)'.

With reference to the first answer, the ampere is the SI unit for electric current (not the 'flow rate of electricity', which is meaningless), and the coulomb is the SI unit for electric charge (not the 'amount of electricity'). 'Electricity' isn't a quantity, so it cannot be measured.

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