Electric Current Vs Conventional Current

Electron flow is simply the opposite of conventional current flow.

Electric current vs conventional current.

Electron current and conventional current are two types of notation we use to mention current flow in a circuit. It is important to realize that the difference between conventional current flow and electron flow in no way effects any real world behavior or computational results. Con ventional current flow is the standard that most all of the world follows. Current flows from the negative side of the battery through the resistance to the positive side rather than vice versa.

Proton moves from positive to negative. We need a notation to do some calculations like in kirchhoff s law. The conventional current for an electron flow is positive whereas the electrical current is negative. These two notations are opposite to each other.

It has opposite direction of electric field. Conventional current assumes that current flows out of the positive terminal through the circuit and into the negative terminal of the source. Flow of negative charges is called electron current. For a flow of positive charges both the electric current and the conventional current are the same.

Current most important term in electricity if you wanna know about electricity you need to understand current in this video i explained you a little term of. This was the convention chosen during the discovery of electricity. The flow of positive charges or proton is called conventional current. And we consider conventional current as the standard notation of current flow.

Electric current can be either negative or positive but conventional current is always positive. It has same direction of electric field.