What does rate mean in ampere definition

[Mahdiem]

Good morning
I have just started learning electronis and already confused with some terms.

When you say amperage is the rate of current passing through a given point does it mean the amount of electrons (quantity) passing through or the speed at which electrons passibg through?

Thanks

 

[thannara123]

ampere is the amount current (that means the flow of electrons ) passing in a unit area . One ampere current ,which causes 1 columb of charge (equal to 6.25*10^18 ) to pass a given point in one second.



Practically , The current is highly going when the positive and Negative wire are shorted .
There is no current when the (+ve & -Ve wire )wire is not connected through directoly or by using a device .

 

[Miguel Gaspar]

1 Amprere = 1 Coulomb / 1 Second

1 Coulomb = 6.24150965(16)×10Λ(18) electrons