Consider a current carrying wire (current I) in the shape of a circle. Note that as the current progresses along the wire, the direction of j (current density) changes in an exact manner, while the current I remain unaffected. The agent that is essentially responsible for is

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Consider a current carrying wire (current I) in the shape of a circle. Note that as the current progresses along the wire, the direction of j (current density) changes in an exact manner, while the current I remain unaffected. The agent that is essentially responsible for is

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The amount of electric current flowing (or the amount of charge flown per unit time) per unit area is termed as Current Density(j). Mathematically, it can be expressed as:

Here, E is the electric field, ρ is the resistivity of the material and