12 Dec
2001
12 Dec
'01
3:26 p.m.
If the speed of an electron in a wire is equal to the
speed of light (IIRC,
it's slower than light), then an electron will travel about 11.80 inches in
one nanosecond, which is the point Hooper was trying to illustrate.
It's the electric field that propogates, moving electrons are a side effect.
The average speed free electrons in wire is such that they essentially never
get from one end to the other.
Eric