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Charge carrier density, also known as carrier concentration, denotes the number of charge carriers per volume. In SI units, it is measured in m −3. As with any density, in principle it can depend on position. However, usually carrier concentration is given as a single number, and represents the average carrier density over the whole material.
In electromagnetism, current density is the amount of charge per unit time that flows through a unit area of a chosen cross section. [1] The current density vector is defined as a vector whose magnitude is the electric current per cross-sectional area at a given point in space, its direction being that of the motion of the positive charges at this point.
The current in a wire is the velocity of the electrons multiplied by the charge and number per unit length, = / or = /. This gives a conductance of G = v e 2 N / L E {\displaystyle G=ve^{2}\!N/LE} . In nano scale bridges the conductance falls in discrete steps of multiples of the quantum conductance G = 2 e 2 / h {\displaystyle G=2\,e^{2}\!/h} .
He used (p 260) a Minkowski diagram to show "how a neutral current-bearing wire appears to carry a net charge density as observed in a moving frame." When a charge density is measured in a moving frame of reference it is called proper charge density. [8] [9] [10]
Conventionally, if the moving charges are positive, then the current density has the same sign as the velocity of the charges. For negative charges, the sign of the current density is opposite to the velocity of the charges. [2]: 749 In SI units, current density (symbol: j) is expressed in the SI base units of amperes per square metre.
Continuous charge distribution. The volume charge density ρ is the amount of charge per unit volume (cube), surface charge density σ is amount per unit surface area (circle) with outward unit normal nĚ‚, d is the dipole moment between two point charges, the volume density of these is the polarization density P.
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A piece of resistive material with electrical contacts on both ends. In an ideal case, cross-section and physical composition of the examined material are uniform across the sample, and the electric field and current density are both parallel and constant everywhere.