Question

Why is electricity not a form of matter?

Answer 1

To answer this question first we need to understand what matter is. Matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. The definition of matter will help us to answer this question.

Complete step by step answer:
Electricity is defined as the set of physical phenomena associated with the motion and presence of matter with a property of electric charge. In simple words, we can say that the flow of electric charges through a conductor is known as electricity. The SI unit of electric current is Ampere. This is denoted by the symbol ‘A’.
Electricity is the movement of charged particles through a conductor and these moving charged particles are the electrons. From this, we can say that since electrons are moving, electrons are the matter. But since the electricity is not moving, electricity is not a problem.
Another simple way to understand this concept is to understand the concept of wind. Wind is defined as the movement of air molecules in a certain direction. Here, since the air molecules are moving, so the air molecules are matter and not the wind.

Note: Broadly, there are two kinds of electricity: Static electricity and Dynamic electricity. Static electricity is defined as the imbalance between the electric charges in a body, specifically the imbalance between the negative and the positive charges on a body. The directed rate of flow of electric charge through any cross-section of a conductor is known as current electricity.