On Apr 18, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Actually, electrons themselves flow rather slowly -- millimeters persecond according to Wikipedia. The signal propagation is a bit faster:"typically 75% of light speed", Wikipedia again.
Yeah, electrons move *very* slowly in a solid. Presumably somewhat faster in liquid. Definitely faster in a gas, but you have to have a pretty good vacuum for them to actually approach the speed of light.
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