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On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:04:03 -0400, Roger wrote:
>In an introductory course we had to figure out the average speed of the
>electron drift in a #10 wire carrying 1 Amp.
>Like the pool ball experiment the one entered and the other popped out
>almost instantly, but the average speed was somewhat faster than a fast
>walk IIRC. It's quite possible that the original electron never did
>make it to the other end.
REPLY:
It's true that the individual electrons move rather slowly, but the force
they exert moves at nearly the speed of light.
73, Bill W6WRT
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