what is the si unit of electric current

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The SI unit of electric current is the ampere (A) . The ampere is defined as the unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI) . As of the 2019 redefinition of the SI base units, the ampere is defined by fixing the elementary charge e to be exactly 1.602176634×10−19 C (coulomb), which means an ampere is an electric current equivalent to 1019 elementary charges moving every 1.602176634 seconds or 6.241509074×1018 elementary charges moving in a second.