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Q Ixt: Charge Current X Time
Q Ixt: Charge Current X Time
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CURRENT & CHARGE
An electric current is a flow of charge. Current can be defined as the rate of
flow of charge.
The amount of charge that flows in a circuit depends on the size of the current
and the time for which the current flows.
The total amount of charge can be calculated using the following equation:
Q=Ixt
Where: Q stands for Charge
I stands for Current
t stands for time
THE TRIANGLE
I x t
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PROBLEMS
ANSWER
CHARGE CURRENT TIME WORKING OUT (WITH UNITS)
1 ? 4A 30 s
2 ? 0.2A 5 min
3 600 C ? 300 s
4 10,000 C 3.5A ?
5 0.5 C 5A ?
6 ? 300 mA 10 s
7 300 mC ? 5s
9. The dome of a Van de-Graaf generator holds a charge of 100 mC. When
a man touches the dome it discharges in 3 x 10 -2 s. What is the current
that flows through the man to earth?