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What do mean by electric current and electrod

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Electric Current is defined as the flow of charge from positive terminal to the negative terminal per unit time as the flow of electric charge across a surface at the rate of one coulomb per second or in other words the flow of positive charge towards the negative charge is known as Electric Current. its SI unit is Ampere (A), which is measured by using a device called Ammeter.


An electrode is a solid electricconductor that carries electric currentinto non-metallic solids, or liquids, or gases, or plasmas, or vacuums. ... In an electrochemical cell, reduction and oxidation reactions take place at theelectrodes.

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