The flow of electrons is electricity. What is the flow of protons called?

Dear Kaushal Karna

Your question: “The flow electrons is electricity.” What is the proton flow? You must exercise caution.

To quickly and directly respond:

The “proton flux” is simply called “protonflow”. It doesn’t have a special name. They are called “nucleons”, or particles of the atomic nuclear nucleus like neutrons, and we don’t refer to “electric currents” when talking about nuclear particles. Although protons are charged with electrical energy, it is possible to talk about “proton electricity current”. However, this is not what I meant.

The important thing is that your question identifies two serious errors, some of which were also made in the answers by other Quora members.

The term “Electricity”, however, is not the name for the flow of electrons. Instead, it’s the name for a group of natural phenomena that are related to electric charges.

The flow of electrons is called an “electric current” and your question may conceal another error. An electric current can consist of any number of different types of charges or charges. It could be an electric current made up of anions, which can be negative ions that gain electrons, or an electricity current made up of cations that are positive ions that lose electrons, or an electric present of holes that is the net displacement from unrealized bonding within the covalent crystal structure of semiconductors (like Ge and Si, GaAs, or other compounds).

The concept of “electrical current” is the flow of electric charge in general (mainly electrons and holes) while “electricity”, refers to electrical phenomena and their research (electronic induction, Coulomb attraction and repulsiveness, peak effect, lightning rod, generation of charges by friction, etc. ).

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