Physics A-Level
Mean drift velocity
What Mean drift velocity means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Mean drift velocity
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The average velocity of charge carriers along a conductor due to an applied electric field.
Topics that use Mean drift velocity
- Mean drift velocity (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Conductors, semiconductors and insulators
- Elementary charge
- Number density of charge carriers
- Random thermal motion versus drift motion
- Relationship between current and drift velocity
- Temperature dependence of conductivity
- Microscopic model of current
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