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This item is one segment of a two-part lab designed to help students become comfortable with using a multimeter. In this segment, users explore how to measure current, the rate of electron flow in a circuit. It contains explicit instructions on how to connect a battery to an incandescent lamp and use test probes to measure current. Teachers may extend the activity with a breadboard or terminal strip.  Detailed diagrams are provided for each phase of the experiment.

This resource was developed to supplement the free textbook series All About Circuits, part of the Open Book Project. Each chapter is supplemented with related diagrams, photos, and detailed explanations of mathematical formulas.

SEE RELATED MATERIALS: for a link to the companion lab on measuring voltage.
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- DC Circuits
= Currents
General Physics
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© 2003 Tony Kuphaldt
Design Science License: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/l_dsl.html
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DC circuit experiment, DC circuits, circuit experiment, circuits textbook, current, electric current, electricity experiment, electronic instrument, multimeter
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Metadata instance created May 7, 2010 by Caroline Hall
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T. Kuphaldt, (2003), WWW Document, (https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/experiments/chpt-2/ammeter-usage/).
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T. Kuphaldt, All About Circuits: Experiments: Ammeter Usage (2003), <https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/experiments/chpt-2/ammeter-usage/>.
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Kuphaldt, T. (2008, April 20). All About Circuits: Experiments: Ammeter Usage. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/experiments/chpt-2/ammeter-usage/
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Kuphaldt, Tony. All About Circuits: Experiments: Ammeter Usage. April 20, 2008. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/experiments/chpt-2/ammeter-usage/ (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Kuphaldt, Tony. All About Circuits: Experiments: Ammeter Usage. 2003. 20 Apr. 2008. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/experiments/chpt-2/ammeter-usage/>.
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Accompanies All About Circuits: Experiments: Voltmeter Usage

A related lab by the same author, designed to give students practice in using a multimeter to measure voltage.

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