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Consider an infinite wire that has no electric current initially.
Then current starts to flow in the wire, i.e. the free electron drifts at speed ##v## (and the positive charges are fixed)
Applying special relativity, it appears that the distance between the electrons shrinks, i.e, density of electron in the wire increases.
So, it seems to me that the net charge is not conserved in this case, as the negative charge density has increased.
Then current starts to flow in the wire, i.e. the free electron drifts at speed ##v## (and the positive charges are fixed)
Applying special relativity, it appears that the distance between the electrons shrinks, i.e, density of electron in the wire increases.
So, it seems to me that the net charge is not conserved in this case, as the negative charge density has increased.