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Standard XII

Physics

Electric Field Due to Charge Distributions - Approach

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There is a current of 1.344 amp in a copper wire whose area of cross-section normal to the length of the wire is $1 {mm}^{2}$ . If the number of free electrons per ${cm}^{3}$ is $8.4 \times 10^{22}$ , then the drift velocity of electrons will be

1.0 mm per sec

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0.1 mm per sec

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Solution

The correct option is C 0.1 mm per sec
$I = n e A v_{d} \Rightarrow 1.344 = 8.4 \times 10^{22} \times 10^{6} \times 1.6 \times 1.6 \times 10^{- 19} \times 1 \times 10^{- 6} \times V_{d}$
$∴ v_{d} = 1 \times 10^{- 4} m/s = 0.1 mm / s$

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There is a current of 1.344 amp in a copper wire whose area of cross-section normal to the length of the wire is 1 mm2. If the number of free electrons per cm3 is 8.4×1022, then the drift velocity of electrons will be

The correct option is C 0.1 mm per secI=neAvd⇒1.344=8.4×1022×106×1.6×1.6×10−19×1×10−6×Vd ∴vd=1×10−4 m/s=0.1 mm/s

There is a current of 1.344 amp in a copper wire whose area of cross-section normal to the length of the wire is $1 {mm}^{2}$ . If the number of free electrons per ${cm}^{3}$ is $8.4 \times 10^{22}$ , then the drift velocity of electrons will be

The correct option is C 0.1 mm per sec
$I = n e A v_{d} \Rightarrow 1.344 = 8.4 \times 10^{22} \times 10^{6} \times 1.6 \times 1.6 \times 10^{- 19} \times 1 \times 10^{- 6} \times V_{d}$
$∴ v_{d} = 1 \times 10^{- 4} m/s = 0.1 mm / s$