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How does current flow in electrical conductors?
In electrical conductors, current (flow) results from the movement of electrons from one atom to the next. Electrons are either positively or negatively charged. Negative electrons are attracted to positive electrons.
What causes electrons to flow through a wire?
Electrons. A wire is a type of conductor, a material that electricity easily travels through. In electrical conductors, current (flow) results from the movement of electrons from one atom to the next. Electrons are either positively or negatively charged. Negative electrons are attracted to positive electrons.
Where do the electrons flow in a battery?
They begin with an excess of electrons near the negative end of the battery and slowly become a deficiency of electrons on the surface of the wire near the positive end of the battery. Imagine the surface of the metal wire as having traffic control people pointing their hands where the electrons inside the metal should flow.
How do electrons pass through conductors?
Actually, Any conductor (thing that electricity can go through) is made of atoms. Each atom has electrons in it. If you put new electrons in a conductor, they will join atoms, and each atom will deliver an electron to the next atom. This next atom takes in the electron and sends out another one on the other side.