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The ampere, in practice often shortened to amp, (symbol: A) is a unit of electric current, or amount of electric charge per second. The ampere is an SI base unit, and is named after André-Marie Ampère, one of the main discoverers of electromagnetism.

Definition The ampere is a constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section (geometry), and placed 1 metre apart in a vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2×10–7 newton per meter of length.Paul M. S. Monk, Physical Chemistry: Understanding our Chemical World, John Wiley and Sons, 2004 online.

The ampere is a SI base unit, along with the metre, the second, and the kilogram: it is defined without reference to the quantity of electric charge. The unit of charge, the coulomb, is defined, as a derived unit, to be the amount of charge displaced by a one ampere current in the time of one second.

As a result, electric current is also the time rate of change or displacement of electric charge. One ampere represents the rate of 1 coulomb of charge per second.

\mathrm{1 \,A= 1 \frac{\,C}{s--> \,

Explanation Because it is a base unit, the definition of the ampere is not tied to any other electrical unit. The definition for the ampere is equivalent to fixing a value of the Permeability (electromagnetism) of vacuum to μ0 = 4π×10−7 H/m. Prior to 1948, the so-called "international ampere" was used, defined in terms of the electrolysis deposition rate of silver.Robert B. Northrop, Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements, CRC Press, 1997 online The older unit is equal to 0.999 85 A.

The ampere is most accurately realized using an watt balance, but is in practice maintained via Ohm's Law from the units of voltage and electrical resistance, the volt and the Ohm (unit), since the latter two can be tied to physical phenomena that are relatively easy to reproduce, the Josephson junction and the quantum Hall effect, respectively.

The unit of electric charge, the coulomb, is defined in terms of the ampere: one coulomb is the amount of electric charge (formerly quantity of electricity) carried in a current of one ampere flowing for one second.Kuzman Ražnjević, Physical Quantities and the Units of the International System (Si), Begell House Publishers, 1995 online Current (electricity), then, is the rate at which charge flows through a wire or surface. One ampere of current (I) is equal to a flow of one coulomb of charge (Q) per second of time (t):

\mathrm{I=Q/t} \,

Proposed future definition Since a coulomb is approximately equal to 6.24150948×1018 elementary charges, one ampere is approximately equivalent to 6.24150948×1018 elementary charges, such as electrons, moving past a boundary in one second.

As with other SI base units, there have been proposals to redefine the kilogram in such a way as to define some presently measured physical constants to fixed values. One proposed definition of the kilogram is:

This redefinition of the kilogram has the effect of fixing the elementary charge to be e = 1.60217653 coulomb and would result in a functionally equivalent definition for the coulomb as being the sum of exactly 6 241 509 479 607 717 888 elementary charges and the ampere as being the electrical current of exactly 6 241 509 479 607 717 888 elementary charges per second. This is consistent with the current 2002 CODATA value for the elementary charge which is 1.60217653×10-19 ± 0.00000014×10-19 C.

CIPM recommendation International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) Recommendation 1 (CI-2005):Preparative steps towards new definitions of the kilogram, the ampere, thekelvin and the mole (unit) in terms of fundamental constants

The International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM),

approve in principle the preparation of new definitions and mises en pratique of the kilogram, the ampere and the kelvin so that if the results of experimental measurements over the next few years are indeed acceptable, all having been agreed with the various Consultative Committees and other relevant bodies, the CIPM can prepare proposals to be put to Member States of the Metre Convention in time for possible adoption by the 24th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2011;
give consideration to the possibility of redefining, at the same time, the mole in terms of a fixed value of the Avogadro constant;
prepare a Draft Resolution that may be put to the 23rd General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2007 to alert Member States to these activities;