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> Fun fact: electrons in an metallic wire under a potential difference move only in the order of mm/s.

Your link says otherwise, when you read down into the comments...

Basically, only a few atoms are able to "conduct" an electron in a wire... Mostly the ones near the surface.

And in turn, the true speed of the electrons traveling throught a wire in DC is in the m/s range, not mm/s.



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