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Why current is not a vector quantity

Posted by Rupas Chettri 5 years, 4 months ago

CBSE > Class 12 > Physics

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Shama Shama Sheikh 5 years, 4 months ago

Because current does not follow law of vector addition

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Nitika Neb 5 years, 4 months ago

electric current should be considered a vector as it has both magnitude and direction. But in addition, vectors obey the law of parrellogram of vectors, which the electric current does not obey. For this reason, current is a scalar quantity and not a vector.

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