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↳
rent electricity

Electric current--The rate of flow of
charge is called
electric current
. I (amp)
A




Average current Fav =

Faved Area under the I-t curve i :
time interval t tct(s)


Instantaneous electric
current-lim qx



I
= slobe of tangent at any point on the
· 10-
9-t curve

> A
↳ SI . .
Unit : -Ampere (A)


↳ scalar It does not follow vector law of addition.
quantity - the


-E
&


Iz
I = F+ I2 oh Is :
IP Et2II ,
coso




Charge flown in a circuit in given time interval :

-




I = d = I



09-Idt =
Area under the cur




Question : -
a
If =
(2t-ce + 4) C , then find (i) current at t = 1 see

Sol : -
(ii)
Average current in the first 2 see.


(1) I=
99 4t -
(ii) At + = 05
,
2, = 4(

at t = 1s

and at te = 2 s
, % = 2x4-2x2 + 4 = $4
I = 4x1-2

=
4 -
2

=
2A Fav =

, Question : -

If I =
(3t + Ct + 10) A , then find the average current between o and 2 second.



Soli-
Fan+ 2 -
0
2




(8 -0) (4 0) 10(2 0)
22
+ + -




16A
-




= = =

2



Question : Using the
graph find The equation of the current.
i

-


,

ii The current between time and to
I average o

X



Too




⑧
> t
to
(T) hit
graph is a straight line =9-rea-ex
sol :-(i) The base
, Fav
of
whose equation is

Fav Ex to x I
y
=
= ma + 6
to


From the graph m--() and c= Io , Far =Fo

y = I and c = t

then I =
-Et + 1



NOTE : For a conductor with a non-uniform cross-section carrying a steady current, the value of the
current is the same at all cross-sections.
F ,




-
Here I: Ic




revolving path of radius u with speed then the
↳
If a
charge a is in a circular v,

the associated current for one revolution is-




· =
M Fav
~ ·
qu
&

Time period
Fav =

, current density :- The current flowing perpendicular to a unit cross-sectional area

at point in a conductor
any
.




I Current density J =
*
I ↓acodo J =-
> I = Jacobo - I = J.



If A is variable ,
then for any point
5
=
From here , I-Ja


> SI
.
Unit -

Alm :




[Moc- +o A ]
+
> Dimension -




Vector the E
quantity >
Along
-




Question : -

If F = (2i + 35 + 4) Alma and 135-1)m2 , then
=
find the current flowing
through the cross-section.

Sof : -
I =.

= (2 + 35 + 44)) (35 4) . -




= 2x3 + 4x( 1)-




6
= 4
2
-
=




Electric current in a conductor : -




1 In the absence of electric field, the free electrons present in the conductor
perform random thermal motion. After colliding with atoms and ions , their
velocity their is no net current flow in
average becomes zero .


Consequently ,

the conductor .




E = 0


Var
-
↳ = o




↳ The
path biw two successive collisions is
a
straight line.
Random motion of free electrons

, 2
Drift velocity (Va) : -

When an electric field is applied across a conductor, the free electrons experience a
force in the opposite direction of the field. While colliding with ions and atoms, they
acquire a certain average velocity in the opposite direction of the field. This is called
drift velocity ( Va ), which causes current to flow in the conductor.


Force on each electron F -eE- opposite
=
to E E
⑮



of each electron
>

Acceleration
-




Va)

-
-

c - -




1
-


c
- -
c




From the first equation of the motion. l I


V El
= + at =




For all electrons
(i) = < + < +Y

Here <V >= ,
<Ex = o


and <t >= 2 Irelanation time), time taken by an electron biw two successive collisions.


Therefore
= -

=2 Approx 105 ms


In terms of potential difference .




Va =

c

Mobility (M) : -
The
magnitude of drift velocity in a unit electric field is called

mobility

M
=
= 2
~
This does not depend on the electric field E
- scalar quantity

>Initi
(2)
"
>
[R A + ]
-

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