4 Steady Electric Currents4 Steady Electric Currents4.1 Current Density4 Steady Electric CurrentsCurrentConduction current (传导电流)The motion of charges in a conducting medium ( or metal conductor)Convention current (运流电流)The motion of charged particles in vacuum (or free space).The motion of charges constitutes a current. 4 Steady Electric CurrentsCurrent Definition: The charge quantity passing through a given cross section per unit time(A)Note It is in the direction of the motion of the positive charges. Steady current (direct current DC): The current is constant in time.Existence conditions of steady current in a conductor:There must exist a steady electric field inside the conductor.Sq4 Steady Electric CurrentsCurrent density J ( volume current density)(A/m2)Note The total current passing througha surface S is 图 电流的计算Sq电流面密度4 Steady Electric CurrentsConsider a region with .The charge are moving with an average velocity . Choose a surface element is normal to the velocity. The total charge moveing through would be The current through the surface is Thus, the current density is Note: Conduction current J drift velocity4 Steady Electric CurrentsSurface current density(A/m)where the line element is perpendicular to the current direction. where is an average velocity of the moving charges. 电流线密度4 Steady Electric Currentscurrent element电流元是电荷元dq以速度 v 运动形成的电流4 Steady Electric Currents图 J 与 E 之关系Ohms LawFor conduction current in a conducting medium. In a linear mediumwhere is the conductivity of the medium. (S/m).differential form of Ohms law. 恒定电流场与恒定电场相互依存。电流J与电场E方向一致。电路理论中的(积分形式)欧姆定律4 Steady Electric CurrentsThe conductivities of common materials (20)MaterialConductivity(S/m)MaterialConductivity(S/m) AluminumClay CopperWater (fresh) GoldWater (Sea) 5 SilverSoil (sandy) NickelRubber ZincQuartzIronMarble4 Steady Electric Currents Consider a conducting medium.The current intensity isThe potential difference along the length l isSubstituting , we obtainwhere is the resistance. (unit: )Resistivity:4 Steady Electric CurrentsConductance G:Example 4.1.1A spherical capacitor is formed by two concentric spherical shells of radii a and b. The conductivity between two shells is Determine the conductance of the spherical capacitor.(s)4 Steady Electric CurrentsSolutionThe electric field intensity between two shells isUsing Ohms law, the current density between two shells isThe current isThe potential difference is4 Steady Electric CurrentsThe conductance of the spherical capacitor is4 Steady Electric Currents4.2 Continuity of Current4 Steady Electric CurrentsConsider any conducting region V bounded by a closed surface S. An outward flow of charge per second crossing the closed surface S must be equal to the rate at which the charge is diminishing in the bounded region V. where q is the total charge enclosed by the surface at any time . Assume that the volume charge density in the region iswe obtain4 Steady Electric CurrentsThe differential (or point) form of the equation of continuity.The points of changing charge density are sources of volume current density.The intergral form of the equation of continuityThe principle of conservation of chargeAny change of charge in a region must be accompanied by a flow of charge across the surface bounding the region.4 Steady Electric Currents4.3 Electric Field for the Conducting Medium恒定电场（电源外）的基本方程4 Steady Electric CurrentsFor a conducting medium to sustain a steady current, Thus, The steady current field is a continuous or solenoidal field. The lines of steady current are always continuous. 电流线是连续的。Kirchhoffs current law 基尔霍夫电流定律4 Steady Electric CurrentsThe steady electric field must be irrotational or conservative. Kirchhoffs voltage law 基尔霍夫电压定律Note：所取积分路径不经过电源 Constitutive relationshipDefinition: scalar potential4 Steady Electric CurrentsSubstituting into , we haveFor a uniform medium thus, Substitute , we haveThus,The potential distribution within a conducting medium satisfies Lapalaces equation.4 Steady Electric Currents Electric source:提供非静电力将非电能转为电能的 装置。 (non-electrostatic force)Non-electrostatic field intensity4 Steady Electric CurrentsElectromotive force (emf): It is the work done by non-electrostatic force on unit positive charge from negative to positive pole within the electric source. (V)The total work along a loop done by the force exerted on the unit charge is where E is the coulomb electric field . 4 Steady Electric Currents4.4 Boundary Conditions for Current Density4 Steady Electric CurrentsBoundary (interface) of two conducting media of different conductivities and . Normal component of JConstruct a cylindrical pillbox. The height h shrinks to zero. Each flat surface is