The conduction electrons in a cylindrical, current-carrying wire have a drift velocity of 0.35 mm/s. The wire has a radius of 1.0 mm and contains 8.6 x 1028 conduction electrons per m3. What is the current in the wire? (The magnitude of the charge of an electron is 1.602 x 10-19 c.) O a. 3.0 A

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The conduction electrons in a cylindrical, current-carrying wire have a drift velocity
of 0.35 mm/s. The wire has a radius of 1.0 mm and contains 8.6 x 1028
conduction electrons per m3. What is the current in the wire? (The magnitude of
the charge of an electron is 1.602 x 10-19 c.)
а. 3.0 А
b. 9.0 A
Ос. 6.0 А
d. 12 A
е. 15 А
Transcribed Image Text:QUESTION 10 The conduction electrons in a cylindrical, current-carrying wire have a drift velocity of 0.35 mm/s. The wire has a radius of 1.0 mm and contains 8.6 x 1028 conduction electrons per m3. What is the current in the wire? (The magnitude of the charge of an electron is 1.602 x 10-19 c.) а. 3.0 А b. 9.0 A Ос. 6.0 А d. 12 A е. 15 А
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Drift velocity vd = 0.35 mm/s

= 0.35 × 10-3 m/s

Radius of wire r = 1 mm = 10-3 m

Number of electron per unit volume

n = 8.6 × 1028 election/m3

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