What is drift velocity?

Sharad Jaiswal
Sharad Jaiswal

Posted On: Sep 23, 2020

 

Particles like electrons move in all directions in the absence of any electric field. They started drifting randomly in one direction when they were subjected to an electric field. The net velocity attained by these electrons is called drift velocity.

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