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Find Electron Current Through Iron Wire
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[QUOTE="bburke95, post: 5459647, member: 592551"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] What electron current is driven through a 1.4-mm-diameter iron wire by a 0.070 V/m electric field? The mean time between collisions in iron is 5.2×10^−15s . A=1.5*10^-6 m^2 ne=8.5*10^28 m^-3 [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] I know I need to use ie = neAVd, but I'm having trouble finding the drift speed. [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] I set up ie = neAVd , as I currently know both ne and A, but the vd value is what's throwing me off. I multiplied the collision speed by the electric field strenght and got vd=3.64*10^-16m/s, which led to a final answer of ie=4.6*10^7 electrons/s. However, I was wrong and the answer is 8.4*10^18 electrons/s. [/QUOTE]
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