Question

What is the conventional direction of flow of electric current? Do the charge carriers in the conductor flow in the same direction? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

• Electrons are the ‘very small particles’ that carry charge in a circuit through cables.
• These negatively loaded electrons are thus moving in the ‘opposite direction’ to the electric field.

• Yes, charge carriers in the conductor flow in the same direction.

• The conventional direction of electrical current is through the exterior loop from a cell's positive terminal to the negative terminal.
• However, the real electron flow is from a negative terminal to a cell's favourable terminal, which is contrary to conventional current direction.