electric current

base quantity of the International System of Quantities (ISQ), measured in ampere (A)

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
kind of quantity, ISQ base quantity[2]
Defining formula
I = \frac{\mathrm{d}Q}{\mathrm{d}t}, I = \int_{\mathsf{S}} \boldsymbol{J} \cdot e_{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{d}A
Described by source
IEC 80000-6:2008 Quantities and units—Part 6: Electromagnetism, SI Brochure (9th edition): Concise summary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), IEC 80000-6:2022 Quantities and units — Part 6: Electromagnetism[7][8][9][10]
Different from
electric current[11]
Has list
orders of magnitude (current)[12]
ISQ dimension
\mathsf{I}
In defining formula
I, Q, t, \mathsf{S}, \int_{\mathsf{S}} \boldsymbol{F} \cdot e_{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{d}A, \boldsymbol{J}
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Lukion taulukot[14]
Permanent duplicated item
Wikidata item[13]
Quantity symbol (LaTeX)
I, i, J, j
Quantity symbol (string)
I, J[5][6]
Recommended unit of measurement
ampere[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en quantity of electric current en amount of electric current en electric current ar شده التيار الكهربائي ar شدة التيار الكهربائي cs elektrický proud cs I cs proud da strømstyrke de Stromstärke de elektrische Stromstärke de Strom de Stromintensität es intensidad es intensidad de corriente eléctrica fi i fi I fi sähkövirran voimakkuus fi sähkövirta fr intensité électrique
🔖 Identifiers · 12
GND ID
4278564-9
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1yg4dbx06
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3661602
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
sila-toka-4fd84a
IEV number
121-11-13
IUPAC Gold Book ID
E01927
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3946081
QUDT dimension ID
A0E1L0I0M0H0T0D0
QUDT quantity kind ID
ElectricCurrent
Vikidia article ID
fr:Intensité_électrique
Wolfram Language quantity ID
ElectricCurrent

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🔗 Connections
← Measured physical quantity 7
← Measures 3
Subclass of 2
Different from 1
Maintained by WikiProject 1
Recommended unit of measurement 1
Subtypes 1
← Different from 1
← Has characteristic 1
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Summary

electric current is a kind of quantity[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Lukion taulukot. Retrieved . fi.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IEC 80000-6:2008 Quantities and units—Part 6: Electromagnetism. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Zache-test · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → IEC 80000-6:2008 Quantities and units—Part 6: Electromagnetism, SI Brochure (9th edition): Concise summary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +1
    Recommended unit of measurement → ampere
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'cv', 'de', 'en', 'et', 'eu'
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    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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