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    High School Electron Flow in Short-Circuited Battery: What to Expect?

    Thank you for your help. I've been imersed in labor these past 40 years having to set aside some of the questions I've had since childhood. I thank you for clearing this one up. My electronics instructor years ago said the electrons in a cucuit moved at the speed of light, which I always...
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    High School Electron Flow in Short-Circuited Battery: What to Expect?

    does the speed change? or is it constant? for instance does the speed of I depend on its volume which would in turn be dependent on E or R ?
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    High School Electron Flow in Short-Circuited Battery: What to Expect?

    What is the speed of electron flow in an eletric curcuit? A battery (cell) with a copper wire shorted across the positive and negative posts. What will the electron flow be through the copper wire?