IEVref:121-11-13ID:
Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: (electric) current
Synonym1: (conduction) current
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Symbol: I
Definition: scalar quantity equal to the flux of the electric current density J through a given directed surface S:

I= S J e n dA MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHXgaruavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaiqaciWacmGadaGadeaabaGaaqaaaOqaaiaadMeacqGH9aqpdaWdrbqaaGGadiaa=PeacqGHflY1caWFLbWaaSbaaSqaaGGaaiaa+5gaaeqaaaqaaiaa+nfaaeqaniabgUIiYdGccaGFKbGaamyqaaaa@4115@

where endA is the vector surface element

NOTE 1 – The electric current through a surface is equal to the limit of the quotient of the electric charge transferred through that surface during a time interval by the duration of this interval when this duration tends to zero.

NOTE 2 – For charge carriers confined to a surface, the electric current is defined through a curve of this surface (see the note to term “lineic electric current”).


Publication date:1998-08
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