 Quote by Gokul43201
Why the exclamation? The average force on a single electron due a small field of say 1000V/m is F = eE ~ 10^{-16} N. In a wire with 10^{20} electrons, that's a total force of about 10,000N from the field. Naturally, the net average force on the electrons is zero, since they are not accelerating. There's nothing bizarre about this.
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Hi Gokul.
1000V/m is a huge field for the conductor we are considering!
What do you think is providing a counter force of 10,000 N per atom so that there’s no net acceleration? What is the total pressure exerted by this counter force?
edit: 10,000 N in total. Not per atom
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So did you actually do the experiment before going back to the drawing board?
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I do this experiment each time I connect a mercury switch in a circuit. If the liquid was moving, it and the current would soon start to oscillate.