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Current and drift speed (18-3)

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Speed at which charges drift through the wire
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The number of moving charges per volume (n) is different for different materials. Equation 18­-3 tells us that for a wire made of a given material and with a given cross-sectional area A, the current i is directly proportional to the drift speed.