givea relation amongst charge,time and current
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It is sometimes found helpful to make an analogy between electric currents flowing in wires, resistors etc and water (currents) flowing through pipes (of different diameters and lengths), taps etc
To find the relation between electric current, I electric charge, Q and time, t we will use this analogy.
Consider a pipe through which water is flowing.
If the rate of flow of water through the pipe is, for example, 25litresmin-1, then in 15minutes, the total quantity of water which has moved through the pipe is obviously 25×15 = 375litres
Apply the same simple logic to the case of electric current:
A current of I Amps means that I Coulombs of charge flow per second.
Therefore in time t the total charge which has passed any point through which the current flows will (again, obviously!) be I×t
Therefore, the relation we are looking for is
Q = lt
and this equation can now be used to define the Coulomb
1C is the quantity of charge which flows past any point in a circuit in which a current of 1A flows for for 1s
This, of course, assumes we have already defined precisely what we mean by a current of 1A .