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Alternating and direct current
Conduction mechanisms in various media
Resistive heating
Occurrences
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- Common symbols
- I
- Derivations from other quantities
- I = V R , I = Q t {\displaystyle I={V \over R},I={Q \over t}}
- Dimension
- I {\displaystyle {\mathsf {I}}}
- SI unit
- ampere
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Overview
- Charged particles Charged particle
- Electrons Electron
- Ions Ion
- Conductor Electrical conductor
- Electric charge
- Charge carriers Charge carrier
- Electric circuits Electric circuit
- Wire
- Semiconductors Semiconductor
- Holes Electron hole
- Electrolyte
- Plasma Plasma (physics)
- Ionized
- International System of Units
- Units Unit of measurement
- Ampere
- Coulomb
- SI base unit
- Base quantity
- International System of Quantities
- Ammeter
- Magnetic fields
- Inductors Inductor
- Transformers Transformer
- Joule heating
- Light
- Incandescent light bulbs
- Electromagnetic waves
- Telecommunications
Symbol
Conventions
- Electrical circuits Electrical circuit
- Atomic nuclei
- Dopant
- Electrochemical cell
- Circuit element
- Variable Variable (mathematics)
- Circuit Circuit diagram
- Schematic diagram
- Analyzing electrical circuits Circuit Analysis
Ohm's law
- Proportional Proportionality (mathematics)
- Potential difference
- Resistance Electrical resistance
- Volts Volt
- Ohms Ohm
Alternating and direct current
- Alternating current
- Electric power
- Waveform
- AC power
- Sine wave
- Triangular Triangle wave
- Square waves Square wave (waveform)
- Audio Audio frequency
- Radio Radio frequency
- Modulated
- Direct current
- Batteries Battery (electrical)
- Thermocouples Thermocouple
- Solar cells Solar cell
- Commutator Commutator (electric)
- Dynamo
- Rectifier
- Conductor Conductor (material)
- Insulators Electrical insulation
- Vacuum
- Electron or ion beams Electron beam
- Old name Archaism
Occurrences
- Lightning
- Static electric discharge Static electricity
- Solar wind
- Polar auroras Polar aurora
- Electrical energy Electric power transmission
- Eddy currents Eddy current
- Electromagnetic waves Electromagnetic wave
- Radio antennas Radio antenna
- Radio waves Radio wave
- Electronics
- Resistors Resistor
- Vacuum tube
- Battery Battery (electricity)
- Neurons
Measurement
- Galvanometer
- Techniques Current sensing techniques
- Shunt resistors Shunt resistor
- Hall effect
- Transformers Current transformer
- Magnetoresistive
- Rogowski coils Rogowski coil
- Current clamps Current clamp
Resistive heating
- Power dissipation
- Internal energy
- Thermodynamic work
- Heat
- James Prescott Joule
- Mass
- Water
- Temperature
- Minute
- Square Square (algebra)
- Joule's Law Joule's first law
- SI unit
- Energy
- Joule
- Watt
Electromagnetism
Conduction mechanisms in various media
- Electrical potential
- Proton conductors Proton conductor
- Electrochemical
- Hydronium
- Sparks Electric spark
- Plasma Plasma physics
- Metal lattice Metal
- Molecular solids Molecular solid
- Conduction electrons Conduction electron
- Electric field
- Thermal energy
- George Gamow
- Popular science
- One, Two, Three...Infinity
- Voltage source
- Positive Positive (electrical polarity)
- Time
- Na Sodium
- Cl
- Protons Proton
- Gases Gas
- Dielectrics Dielectric
- Breakdown Dielectric breakdown
- Ionizing
- Avalanche breakdown
- Spark Electrostatic discharge
- Arc Electric arc
- Molecules Molecule
- Ozone
- Perfect vacuum
Current density and Ohm's law
- Vector Vector (geometric)
- Reference direction Electric current
- SI units
- Ohm's law
- Ohmic device
- Skin effect
Speed
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Electric current
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Important terminology
current electric electrons charge conductor ions positive flow carriers direction field electrical currents metal energy also called circuit free vacuum
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric current | Common symbols | I | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electric current | Derivations from other quantities | I = V R , I = Q t {\displaystyle I={V \over R},I={Q \over t}} | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electric current | Dimension | I {\displaystyle {\mathsf {I}}} | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electric current | SI unit | ampere | 1.00 | infobox |
| Electric current | is a | flow of charged particles | 0.90 | text |
| Electric current | is a | base quantity in the International System of Quantities | 0.90 | text |
| batteries | instance of | Direct current is produced by sources | 0.80 | text |
| thermocouples | instance of | Direct current is produced by sources | 0.80 | text |
| solar cells | instance of | Direct current is produced by sources | 0.80 | text |
| and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type | instance of | Direct current is produced by sources | 0.80 | text |
| a wire | instance of | Direct current may flow in a conductor | 0.80 | text |
| but can also flow through semiconductors | instance of | Direct current may flow in a conductor | 0.80 | text |
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