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symbol for current is I, which originates from the French phrase intensité de courant, or in English current intensity. So early scientists were used to refer electric current as the intensity of the electricity in a wire.
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∙ 13y agoThe "I" is thought to have been meant to represent "Intensity" (of electron flow)."
"I" stands for "Impetus", the original name for the strength of an electrical current; that is, before Andre-Marie Ampere's Law of 1825.
'I' comes from the French word for current "intensité".
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∙ 12y agoAccording to my professor at Missouri S&T, Dr. Bijaya Shrestha, current is represented by the letter I in electronics because in the past, scientists used the phrase "Intensity of current" or just "Intensity" to describe current.
Similarly, Q is used to represent electric charge because scientists in the past described it using the phrase "Quantity of charge."
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∙ 9y agoIn French the concept of current is called Intensite if you study physics in French you'd call it Intensite (Which can be understood as How intense the current is). Therefore measuring current is just measuring how Intense the current is. I hope I answered the question
In an electric circuit C is used to denote the capacitance, so current is represented by I.
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The original French term for amperage or current was "intensité de courant". It translated into English as "intensity of current". So it was the letter I from the word "intensity" that the early experimenters in electricity used and now today it still represents the symbol for current.
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∙ 13y agonot sure but I need to know ASAP
'I' stands for Intensity of electron flow.
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∙ 16y agobecause current was originally reffered to as electrical intensity.
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How do i convert 208 amperes to 120 amperes?
You can not change amp's amps is the result of voltage and resistance. Current is represented by I, Voltage is represented by E and Resistance is represented by R in ohms law. I=E/R, R=E/I and E=IxR the I is never a variable
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