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Ampere Unit-Electric Current Unit

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The ampere (symbol: A, sometimes informally shortened to amp) is the SI base unit used to measure electrical currents in physics. One Ampere is defined as the current that flows with an electric charge of one Coulomb per second. A flow of one ampere is produced in a resistance of one ohm by a potential difference of one volt.

What is Ampere?

Scientists and technologists use the ampere as a unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI).
The current in which one coulomb of charge flows over a given place in one second is one ampere.
One coulomb is equal to about 6.241 x 1018 electric charges (e). 

Ampere Definition

An ampere is a unit of measurement for the amount of electric charge traveling through a point in an electric circuit per unit of time, with one ampere equaling 6.241 x 1018 electrons or one coulomb per second.

Ammeter

An Ampere meter or ammeter is an electrical instrument that is used to measure electrical current in amperes. When we want to measure the electrical current on the load, the ampere-meter is connected in series to the load.

Ampere’s law

According to Ampere’s law, the integral of magnetic field density (B) along an imaginary line is equal to the product of free space permeability and current enclosed by the path.

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