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A Microscopic View: Drift Speed

Electrons Moving Through a Conductor

Electrons Moving Through a Conductor

When charged particles are forced into this volume of a conductor, an equal number are quickly forced to leave. The repulsion between like charges makes it difficult to increase the number of charges in a volume. Thus, as one charge enters, another leaves almost immediately, carrying the signal rapidly forward.

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