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Jaydeep posted an Question
October 12, 2021 • 23:22 pm 30 points
  • IIT JAM
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Why current is tensor

Why current is tensor and what is tensor quantities please solve my confusion

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    Anshum Sharma best-answer

    Electric current is neither a vector nor a tensor. Normally when we say a quantity is a tensor, it is taken to be of rank 2 or more. Electric current is a scalar. A tensor of rank zero is a scalar. In that sense we can say that current is a tensor of rank zero.

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