The symbol for electric current is "I" because it stands for intensity, which is an older term used for electric current. The letter "C" is typically used to represent charge in electrical equations, so using "I" for current helps differentiate between the two.
In an electric circuit C is used to denote the capacitance, so current is represented by I. <<>> The original French term for amperage or current was "intensité de courant". It translated into English as "intensity of current". So it was the letter I from the word "intensity" that the early experimenters in electricity used and now today it still represents the symbol for current.
"c" is not a valid symbol on the periodic table for any element. The symbols on the periodic table represent the different elements, such as H for hydrogen, O for oxygen, and Na for sodium. If you are looking for an element with the symbol "c," it does not exist in the current periodic table.
C is the chemical symbol for carbon.
It can be anything, as long as it's clearly defined in accompanying text.The most commonly used is ' I '. Current has the units of Amperes.
The symbol for alternating current is: ~
It looks like a big "C", with an underline. It can be compared to the "less-than-or-equal" symbol, but it is rounded instead of an angle symbol.
In an electric circuit C is used to denote the capacitance, so current is represented by I. <<>> The original French term for amperage or current was "intensité de courant". It translated into English as "intensity of current". So it was the letter I from the word "intensity" that the early experimenters in electricity used and now today it still represents the symbol for current.
The symbol of Celsius is capital C
The symbol is " C "
an A
B is the symbol for which element?Boron
Yes, the symbol for carbon is C.
The carbon symbol is C.
The symbol for electric current is I
Because the symbol I was already in common use to represent the amount of current in a circuit.You may ask then why was the symbol I chosen to represent current? Well because the symbol C had already been adopted to represent Capacitance!Go figure!
False. C is the symbol for Carbon. Cl is the symbol for chlorine.
One explanation I was given was that when a letter was needed to represent current in formulas, C had already been used, and it was decided to use the next unused letter of the alphabet, which was I. However, I prefer the other explanation, which is that in the early days of investigations into electricity, what we now call current was called Intensity, hence the letter I. It should never be confused with Impedence, the symbol for which is Z.