Electrical currentUnits Type ⤴
An electric current is a flow of electric charge. In electric circuits this charge is often carried by moving electrons in a wire. It can also be carried by ions in an electrolyte, or by both ions and electrons such as in a plasma. The SI unit for measuring an electric current is the ampere, which is the flow of electric charge across a surface at the rate of one coulomb per second. [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_current]
Term
electricalCurrent
Category
Base Quantity
Provenance
QUDT
Provenance Uri
http://qudt.org/vocab/quantity#ElectricCurrent
Note
-
Default Unit
ampere (A) = Coulombs per second
Dimension Symbol
I1
Dimension Length
0
Dimension Mass
0
Dimension Time
0
Dimension Current
0
Dimension Temperature
1
Dimension Amount
0
Dimension Light
0