(a) What is an electric current? What makes an electric current flow in a wire? (b) Define the unit of electric current (or Define ampere).

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(a) What is an electric current? What makes an electric current flow in a wire? (b) Define the unit of electric current (or Define ampere).

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Derick Mcintosh

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a) The movement of electrical charges is known as an electric current. It is the flow of electrons in conductors. Electric current flows in a wire due to a potential difference.
b) One ampere of current represents one coulomb of electrical charge moving past a cross-section in one second.

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