Today, while reading some information about batteries, I ran across an article that described that while electron current flow was negative to positive, conventional current flow is positive to negative. I have always understood that current flow is negative to positive.
In my search for clarity, I found many articles, such as the one in the link below, which suggest that "conventional current flow" is based off some misconceptions from the time in history that scientists believed electricity was a fluid. This suggests to me there is no actual physical difference between electron current flow and conventional current and there is no scientific reasoning to explain the two types of current flow because conventional current flow is a theory that is actually proven wrong.
Am I correct on this?
If so, for electrical components in DC circuitry that may be marked with current direction, rather than marked positive and negative markings (I am thinking of the schematic of a diode for an example), is this flow marking based on electron or conventional current flow?
Link showing electron vs conventional current flows:
http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~traylor/ece112/lectures/elect_flow_vs_conv_I.pdf
In my search for clarity, I found many articles, such as the one in the link below, which suggest that "conventional current flow" is based off some misconceptions from the time in history that scientists believed electricity was a fluid. This suggests to me there is no actual physical difference between electron current flow and conventional current and there is no scientific reasoning to explain the two types of current flow because conventional current flow is a theory that is actually proven wrong.
Am I correct on this?
If so, for electrical components in DC circuitry that may be marked with current direction, rather than marked positive and negative markings (I am thinking of the schematic of a diode for an example), is this flow marking based on electron or conventional current flow?
Link showing electron vs conventional current flows:
http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~traylor/ece112/lectures/elect_flow_vs_conv_I.pdf