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Unread 14-05-2004, 20:35
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Re: A question about current....

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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
Current flows from positive to negative and is not the flow of electrons right? Its the flow of positive charge. Im so confused. I have two books that sort of give conflicting information.
Conventional current is in the direction that positive charges would flow. "Real" current can be either the flow of positive or negative charges. Remember, sometimes its ions like (Ag+) that are positively charged and are flowing. So, the information is not conflicting, as long as negative current is opposite than positive current.