3. What is the direction of conventional current? How is
it related to the direction of electron flow.
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Answer:
Electrons flow from the negative terminal to the positive. Conventional current or simply current, behaves as if positive charge carriers cause current flow. Conventional current flows from the positive terminal to the negative.
Answer:
The positive sign for current corresponds to the direction a positive charge would move. In metal wires, current is carried by negatively charged electrons, so the positive current arrow points in the opposite direction the electrons move.
Explanation:
What Is Conventional Current?
The electrons flow is termed electron current. Electrons flow from the negative end to the positive end. Conventional current behaves as if positive charge carriers cause current to flow. Conventional current flows from the positive terminal to the negative terminal. The conventional current can be defined as charge per unit time transported in a certain direction. In conventional current, the type of charge carrier is irrelevant.
In conventional current, the flow of electrons is assumed as a flow of protons in the opposite direction. Possibly the simplest way to think about this is to pretend as if the movement of positive charge carriers constituted current flow.