Electron Flow Vs Conventional Current Flow

Electron flow and conventional current flow are two theories for the way electricity flows in a circuit. Conventional theory may make the most intuitive sense, and electron flow may be more appealing to scientists, but they are both here to stay.

The atom is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. The protons and neutrons are in the core and electrons are the parts that move from atom to atom under certain conditions. Electrons, with their negative charge, are the core component of electricity. A proton or neutron isn't going to move around as freely, and would change the atomic element more fundamentally.

This isn't going to resolve the electron current vs conventional current electric theory debate, it's just a beginner's introduction to the definition. It does hope to make what would be a difficult idea to deal with easier, and no matter which type of theory you prefer, you'll learn something here!

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[light-water]

I don't get it. Isn't there only one correct answer? If something is mislabeled, it's mislabeled.

[omarm]

Thank you for your informative video, made my morning shift go by a little easier!

[JohnSmith-oksn]

We have this MESS on our hands because Benjamin Franklin arbitrarily, (or, not), stated in his paper on electricity research that electrons flow from positive to negative, and, since he was the grand master mason of them all, everyone accepted this as the ultimate truth.

However, when later, more advanced experiments showed that electrons, actually, move exactly the opposite way in real life, the "grateful sons of the grand master" could not make his good name be "tarnished" like that - 'cause, "the grand master never makes mistakes" - and, pulled this "duality", we now know as the "Conventional Current Flow", and "Electron Flow" out of their asses, and now, every student who studies Physics, Chemistry, etc..., should go through this pain, and learn both "theories", just because somebody didn't want to offend the memory of some guy, and his scientific blunder.

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Yep, it is THIS idiotic!

[capofigo]

So diodes are actually reversed? I mean, the manufacturer tells me this is the polarity (with the conventional system) and then actually the diode is reversed because otherwise phisically it wouldnt work. Am i right? Is it like this?

[qzorn]

The funny thing is when explaining this subject, it works both ways. I deal with electrons and it works great. Ben Franklin people deal with conventional flow and works for them. 🤣
Now, if we ever talk to people from outer space which way would they consider correct and the other a joke? 👽 War of the worlds of electrons.

[Shadow_Bnned]

Electrons do the actual work in an electric circuit. You can be shocked or turn on a light bulb just by touching it to the negative terminal. You don't even need a wire. The wire and "conventional current" are just to keep the light on.

[simplemath]

In conductors, the charges that actually move are the electrons, or the negative charges which form the current. In other types of materials, such as semi conductors, both positive and negative charges are moving '' Theoretically''. Examples of such SEMI CONDUCTOR components are diodes and transistors. The main difference between conductors, semi conductors and non conductors ''or insulators'' is the number of free electrons '' which is very large in conductors and very few in insulators''. Electrons are very light compared with THE positiveLY chargeED proton or neutral neutron, this is why, under some electromotive force or voltage or potential difference, electrons form the electric current in conductors. If you want to go deeper and ask, what is a free electron and why they are too many in conductors, you need to understand basic atomic theory which explains the distribution of electrons around the positive nucleus in a single atom; basically most of the elections in any atom are bound to the heavy positive nucleus, however in a single isolated conductor's atom, there is usually one or two electrons called the valence electrons who are very loosely attached to the nucleus sine they are located far from the nucleus, these valence electrons become free electrons when millions of atoms compact together to form a conducting wire, they only need small voltage difference to move them in an electric circuit!!