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Define the Unit of Electric Current (Or Define Ampere).

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<p> Define the unit of electric current (or Define ampere).

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 The SI unit of electric current is ampere.
When one coulomb of charge flows through any cross-section of a conductor in one second, the electric current flowing through it is said to be one ampere.
1 ampere= `(1coulomb)/(1second)`

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Chapter 4: Electricity - Exercise 1

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Lakhmir Singh Physics [English] Class 10
Chapter 4 Electricity
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