Practice question · Fill in the blanks
Complete the following passage by choosing the correct terms from the word bank.
Maxwell added the ______ current term to Ampere's law, completing the set of four equations that unify electricity and ______.
Word bank: displacement · magnetism · conduction · optics
Hints
- The missing term makes the law consistent for a charging capacitor.
- It is proportional to the rate of change of the electric field.
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Maxwell added the displacement current term to Ampere's law, completing the set of four equations that unify electricity and magnetism.
Why
The displacement current J_ completes Ampere-Maxwell law.
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