Electric Current Vs Conventional Current

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

Electric current vs conventional current.

Flow of negative charges is called electron current. And we consider conventional current as the standard notation of current flow. So if the arrow from the picture above were at the bottom of the circuit diagram this would illustrate electron flow. Con ventional current flow is the standard that most all of the world follows.

The flow of positive charges or proton is called conventional current. 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. These two notations are opposite to each other. Electron current and conventional current are two types of notation we use to mention current flow in a circuit.

Conventional current assumes that current flows out of the positive terminal through the circuit and into the negative terminal of the source. Current flows from the negative side of the battery through the resistance to the positive side rather than vice versa. It has same direction of electric field. Electron flow is simply the opposite of conventional current flow.

For a flow of positive charges both the electric current and the conventional current are the same. 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. Proton moves from positive to negative.

This was the convention chosen during the discovery of electricity. It has opposite direction of electric field.