Himanshu posted an Question
July 27, 2020 • 19:19 pm 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Physics (PH)

Electricity

Instead of having magnitude & direction both ,why current is not vector ????? Explain in detail.

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    Ghost. best-answer

    Current doesn't follow vector addition rules, so despite having magnitude and direction they are not considered as vectors. see image, here resultant current at a junction by vector addition : 5√2 experiments : 10 therefore vector approch is wrong. so it proves current is added algebraically, these are experimental results when current is measured by ammeter at junction. it suggests that direction of electricity just represent the flow( which is govern by medium in which it is flowing) not its direction in space. hence current is a scalar. Wishes

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    Chandra prakash

    dear it is pseudo vector.... it's not vector but behave like vector...

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    bcoz of, we know about direction of current in case of magnetic field..... so it's will show both nature vector and scalar... so it's called pseudo vector

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    Deepak singh 1

    because current does not obey rules of vector addition..

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    why ,, that's i want to know

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    I have attached in post , see

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