Electric Current

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Electric Current: Overview

This topic explains electric current and current density. Positive and negative charges and units of electric current are also described here.

Important Questions on Electric Current

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The electrons moving in a specified direction when the ends of the conductor are connected to the battery, are accelerated continuously.

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Why do electrons move in a specified direction when the ends of the conductor are connected to the battery? 

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The flow of electrons is from the positive terminal to the negative terminal.

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What happens to the motion of electrons when the ends of the conductor are connected to the battery? 

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In the absence of a battery,

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The net charge moving along a conductor through any cross-section is _____ when the conductor is in open circuit.

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What happens to the motion of the electrons in an open circuit?

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A space lattice is an array of points showing how particles are arranged at different sites in _____ dimensional spaces.

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A space lattice is an array of points showing how particles are arranged at different sites in three dimensional spaces.

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The smallest three dimensional group of lattice point, which when repeated in three dimensions in space gives the whole lattice of the crystal, is called lattice space.

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The smallest three dimensional group of lattice point, which when repeated in three dimensions in space gives the whole lattice of the crystal, is called lattice space.

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The smallest three dimensional group of lattice point, which when repeated in three dimensions in space gives the whole lattice of the crystal, is called _____

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Lattice is a two - dimensional array of points, each which has identical surroundings.

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Lattice is a _____ dimensional array of points, each which has identical surroundings.

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Define lattice space.

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Define lattice.

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A copper wire of 10-6 m2 area of cross section, carries a current of 4 A. If the number of electrons per cubic meter is 8×1028, calculate the average drift velocity.

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If the voltage applied across a conductor is doubled, how will the drift velocity of the electron change?

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Drift velocity and thermal velocity of electrons determines the current in a conductor.

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Give the relation between drift velocity and current.