Direct Current

Alternating Current
Safer to transfer over longer city distances and can provide Voltage of DC cannot travel very far
Amount of energy that can be carried:
more power until it begins to lose energy
Electrons move steadily in one
Flow ofElectrons: Electrons keep switching directions- forward and backward
direction or forward
Cause of the direction of flow of electrons: Rotating magnet along the wire Steady magnetism along the wire
The frequency of alternating current is 50Hz or The frequency of direct current is
Frequency:
60Hz depending upon the country. zero.
It flows in one direction in the
Direction: It reverses its direction while flowing in a circuit
circuit
It is the current of constant
Current: It is the current of magnitude varying with time
magnitude