Electric Current Vs Conventional Current

Electron flow is simply the opposite of conventional current flow.

Electric current vs conventional current.

Electric current can be either negative or positive but conventional current is always positive. In general analyzing an electrical circuit yields results that are independent of the assumed direction of current flow. Electron current and conventional current are two types of notation we use to mention current flow in a circuit. It has same direction of electric field.

We need a notation to do some calculations like in kirchhoff s law. And we consider conventional current as the standard notation of current 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.

Proton moves from positive to negative. 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. It has opposite direction of electric field.

The conventional current for an electron flow is positive whereas the electrical current is negative. 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. 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.

So if the arrow from the picture above were at the bottom of the circuit diagram this would illustrate electron flow. Flow of negative charges is called electron current.