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What’s the Electrical Current
The actual electrical flow (movement of charges) is defined as 1 coulomb past a point in 1 second and is called an “ampere” (named after André Ampère). In North America, contemporary usage shortens this term to “amp.” The symbol for current is I, which stands for intensity of electrical current. Current is measured in amperes, whose symbol is A. Stated arithmetically, if I = 5A, this means the current is 5 amps. It is important to note that time has become one of the variables now. Amperes are stated in coulombs per second. So it could be stated arithmetically as I = Q/time,
where Q is charge in coulombs, and time is in seconds.
