Charge, Current , Voltage And Power. Chapter 2 Flashcards
Unit of electric current
Ampere
Amount of substance unit
Mol
Unit of luminous intensity
Candala
Current
Charge in motion
Fundamental unit of charge
Coulomb. It is defined in terms of the Ampere by counting the total charge that passes through an arbitrary cross-section of the wire during an interval of one second.
1 ampere equals
1 coulomb per second
Direct current
A current that is constant in time
Proper definitive symbology for currents include
The value of the current and an Arrow
Voltage
The voltage across a terminal pair is the measure of the work required to move charge through the element.
Correct symbolic description of voltage
Includes using the quantity of voltage and a plus minus sign pair
The absorbed power must be proportional to the number of
Coulombs transferred per second (current) and to the energy needed to transfer one coulomb through the element (voltage).