electric current: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: UNI ScholarWorks - The Nature of an Electric Current. | Nov 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Current. | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - University Physics Volume 2 - Electrical Current. | May 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Electric Current Circuits in Astrophysics (PDF). | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Current and Resistance. | Nov 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: California Institute of Technology - The Feynman Lectures on Physics - Electricity in the Atmosphere. | Sep 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNI ScholarWorks - The Nature of an Electric Current. | Jul 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lehman College - Electric Current and Resistance. | May 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Physics, Chapter 26: The Electric Current. | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Saskatchewan Open Press - Electrical Current. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Electric current. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What is Electric Current? | Dec 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 2 - Electric Current. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Changed “a flow of one coulomb” to “which is defined as a flow of one coulomb.” Changed “One amp” to “One ampere.” | May 27, 2020 | ||
| Added diagram of a magnetic field produced by an electric current. | May 27, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Physics Classroom - Electric Current. | Apr 12, 2018 | ||
| Added video about relation between electric current and resistance. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 22, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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