Consider a copper wire that is carrying, say, a few amperes of current. Is the drift speed vd of the conduction electrons that form that current about equal to, much greater than, or much less than the Fermi speed vF for copper (the speed associated with the Fermi energy for copper)?

Consider a copper wire that is carrying, say, a few amperes of current. Is the drift speed vd of the conduction electrons that form that current about equal to, much greater than, or much less than the Fermi speed vF for copper (the speed associated with the Fermi energy for copper)?

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current. Is the drift speed vd of the conduction electrons that form
that current about equal to, much greater than, or much less than
the Fermi speed vF for copper (the speed associated with the Fermi
energy for copper)?

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