9. 2: Electrical Current - Physics LibreTexts Electrical current is defined to be the rate at which charge flows When there is a large current present, such as that used to run a refrigerator, a large amount of charge moves through the wire in a small amount of time
Physics Tutorial: Electric Field and the Movement of Charge Electric field is a vector quantity whose direction is defined as the direction that a positive test charge would be pushed when placed in the field Thus, the electric field direction about a positive source charge is always directed away from the positive source
Direct Current. The Direction of Current Flow | iCalculator™ Direct current (DC) is the simplest type of current The main producers of direct current are batteries, whose positive and negative terminals are well defined This means the current has a single direction of flow throughout an electrical circuit
Electric Current - Curio Physics The direction of electric current is in the direction of flow of positive charge or in the direction of applied electric field It is opposite to the direction of flow of electrons