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4 years ago

Why is current a scalar quantity?

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Nutka1998 [239]4 years ago

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Despite current has a magnitude and a direction, like vectors, it is a scalar because it doesn't obey laws of vector addition. For instance, if we consider a junction of $90^{\circ}$ in a circuit, and two currents entering this junction, we know that the resultant current is just the algebraic sum of the two currents, not the vector sum, so it is not a vector quantity.

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