How Does Time Affect Current Flow?

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falcon102
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Hi,
I want to ask a qusetion about the electrons, what the time plays with the current flow? what will be happen for example with current 0.5A in the wire with 5 ohm?

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What do you mean? Please rephrase your question.
 
simple.
Heat will be produced, as
H=I*I*R*t
clear?
 
You get power dissipation measured in watts. Ohm's law
 
simple.
Heat will be produced, as
H=I*I*R*t
clear?

could u explain more
 
falcon102 said:
simple.
Heat will be produced, as
H=I*I*R*t
clear?

could u explain more
That equation is meant to show that the heat energy H generated by the current flow is equal to the power P multiplied by time t. Like this:

[tex]H = Power * t = I^2 * R * t[/tex]

Where I is the current and R is the resistance.

But I'm not sure that's what you are trying to ask. You might also be asking how to calculate how many electrons are flowing past a point in the wire, given the current I = 0.5A. If that is your question, you can figure it out from the fact that 1 Amp of current is equal to 1 Coulomb of charge flowing past a point per second. The charge per electron is often written as "e" with the following value:

[tex]e = -1.602 * 10^{-19} Coulombs[/tex]