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When measuring current, we are measuring the number of electrons (conventionally positive charges) passing through the cross section of the conductor in one second.

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Actually, the unit of electric current, the ampere, is defined in terms of the force between two parallel current-carrying conductors, and NOT in terms of the quantity of electrons passing a given point!

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