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Electric Charge
Electric Charge
Free Electrons-are electrons which are not attached to a specific atom and its free to move. It is
sometime called as conduction electrons.
Electric Current - rate of electron movement or electron flow in a given material. The SI unit of current is
Coulomb per second or commonly called Ampere.
Electron Drift Velocity-the drift velocity of the conduction electrons is very small since the number of
free electrons in a conductor is very large.
Electric Energy and Power Electric energy is a form of energy used to run or operate various electrical
devices. Standard unit of electrical energy is Joule. The other common units are kilowatt-hour and
megawatt-hour.
Electric power is the rate of consuming the electric energy Standard unit of electrical power is Watt.