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Electric Field Due to a Line of Charge along Its Axis

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How fast do charges travel? What is the speed of charges?

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A calculation shows that a charge i.e electron travels at about 2,200 kilometers per second. That's less than 1% of the speed of light.

The speed also depend on the material in which charges flows.

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