Alternating Current Direct Current

Voltage of DC cannot travel

Amount of energy that can be Safer to transfer over longer city distances and can
very far until it begins to
carried: provide more power
lose energy
Electrons keep switching directions- forward and Electrons move steadily in
Flow ofElectrons:
backward one direction or forward
Cause of the direction of flow Steady magnetism along the
Rotating magnet along the wire
of electrons: wire
The frequency of alternating current is 50Hz or The frequency of direct
Frequency:
60Hz depending upon the country. current is zero.
It flows in one direction in
Direction: It reverses its direction while flowing in a circuit
the circuit
It is the current of constant
Current: It is the current of magnitude varying with time
magnitude