Electric Current and Electric Charge (Leaving Cert Physics): Flashcards

Fundamental property of matter in atoms

Positive electric charge

Negative electric charge

Coulomb (C)

$1.6 \times 10^{-19}$ C

Materials that allow charge to flow easily

Materials that don't allow charge to flow easily

Heating, magnetic, and chemical effects

Heat energy produced in conductor

Magnetic field created around conductor

Electrolysis - chemical reactions in solutions

$I = \frac{Q}{t}$

Ampere (A): 1 coulomb per second

From positive terminal to negative terminal

In series with the component