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Electron travel in ac supply conductor

Electron travel in ac supply conductor

Electron travel in ac supply conductor

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Forgive the basic question please, but just how far might an electron travel from its original position in say a standard 6oHz HV ac transmission line?

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Lyledunn

RE: Electron travel in ac supply conductor

go to google.com and try electron drift velocity

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RE: Electron travel in ac supply conductor

Oops. I tried it and got a bunch of weird laser links. Better add keyword copper in there.  You'll get a bunch of links like this

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/5/physics/copper/copelech2pg3.html


In that link they analyse the case 5A flows in a copper wire with a cross section of 0.5 mm2.  Results in electron drift velocity  7.35 × 10-4 m/sec.  Pretty slow.

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