00539 IUPAC Gold Book - average current density 10.1351/goldbook.A00539 A00539 current mentioned: local current density 1 The average current density, \(j\), is defined by \[j = A^{-1}\ \int _{A}j_{x}\ \rm{d}A\] where \(A\) is the electrode area, \(j_{x}\) is the local current density and \(\rm{d}A\) is an infinitesimal surface element. current density https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01452 PAC, 1981, 53, 1827. 'Nomenclature for transport phenomena in electrolytic systems' on page 1836 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198153101827) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00539/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00539/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00539/plain Citation: 'average current density' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.A00539 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-07-16T06:48:38+00:00