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Re: where does time go



On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 at 22:09, David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, there's more explanation here:
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_velocity

Sorry, I forgot to mention, their example:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_velocity#Numerical_example

Similar to Thomas, calculates a drift velocity of 20 micrometers
per second for 1 ampere in a 2mm copper wire.

But the final sentence on that page is interesting:
    "By comparison, the Fermi flow velocity of these electrons (which, at
    room temperature, can be thought of as their approximate velocity in
    the absence of electric current) is around 1570 km/s."


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