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Chapter 26, Problem 4P

(a)

To determine

The drift speed of the electrons in this wire.

(b)

To determine

The reason that the drift speed in wires made of metal having a larger number of conduction electrons per atom than copper.

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A copper wire has a circular cross section with a radius of 1.25 mm. (a) If the wire carries a current of 3.70 A, find the drift speed of the electrons in this wire. (b) All other things being equal, what happens to the drift speed in wires made of metal having a larger number of conduction electrons per atom than copper? Explain.
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A copper wire of cross-sectional area 1.30 mm? has a current of 7.10 A flowing along its length. What is the drift speed of the conduction electrons? Assume 1.30 conduction electrons per copper atom. The mass density of copper is 9.00 g/cm³ and its molar mass is 64.0 g/mol.

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