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Electron Drift

Watch electrons crawl through a wire. Set the current or the drift speed.

Physics · Class 12 · Current and drift speed · 7 simulations. For JEE, NEET and your boards.

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What you'll learn

  1. Count the charge: Current is charge per second
  2. The least current: Current is the rate of flow of charge
  3. Crawl speed: Drift speed
  4. The neck: Same current, smaller area
  5. Fatter wire, same cell: On one cell, the field sets the drift
  6. Warm wire: Heat slows the drift
  7. An odd material: When drift speed is not ∝ E