electron flow
Charge through wire
Electron flow is the movement of electrons through a conductor, constituting electric current.
In physics and electronics, electrons actually flow from negative to positive terminals—opposite to the conventional current direction established before electron behavior was understood.
The circuit diagram shows electron flow from the battery's negative terminal through the load.
- electric currentCharge flow through conductors
- anodeOxidation electrode
- currentDirected flow of charge
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- circuit boardElectronics interconnection substrate
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- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- physical phenomenadiffusion, collision, friction, explosion, surface tension
- electrical phenomenalightning, static discharge, discharge, conduction, resistance
- electrochemistryelectrode, anode, cathode, electrodes, anodes
- electronsbeta particle
- conductivityelectrical conductivity, superconductivity