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ran13
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Hello fellow PFers,
I'm having some trouble visualizing electric fields along an electric current. Assuming that charge flows from high to low potential, and since electric field lines point from high to low potential, does that mean the electric field is always in the direction of the current? Also, I understand that a wire, if closed, will eventually become equipotential because of the fact that it is closed, but how does that effect the field and current?
Thank you.
I'm having some trouble visualizing electric fields along an electric current. Assuming that charge flows from high to low potential, and since electric field lines point from high to low potential, does that mean the electric field is always in the direction of the current? Also, I understand that a wire, if closed, will eventually become equipotential because of the fact that it is closed, but how does that effect the field and current?
Thank you.