Electric Current Vs Conventional Current

And we consider conventional current as the standard notation of current flow.

Electric current vs conventional current.

In general analyzing an electrical circuit yields results that are independent of the assumed direction of current flow. So if the arrow from the picture above were at the bottom of the circuit diagram this would illustrate electron flow. This was the convention chosen during the discovery of electricity. For a flow of positive charges both the electric current and the conventional current are the same.

Electron current and conventional current are two types of notation we use to mention current flow in a circuit. 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. Current flows from the negative side of the battery through the resistance to the positive side rather than vice versa. The flow of positive charges or proton is called conventional current.

Flow of negative charges is called electron current. The conventional current for an electron flow is positive whereas the electrical current is negative. It has same direction of electric field. 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.

These two notations are opposite to each other. Con ventional current flow is the standard that most all of the world follows. We need a notation to do some calculations like in kirchhoff s law. It has opposite direction of electric field.

Electron flow is what actually happens and electrons flow out of the negative terminal through the circuit and into the positive terminal of the source. Conventional current assumes that current flows out of the positive terminal through the circuit and into the negative terminal of the source.