Physics A-Level
Relationship between current and drift velocity
What Relationship between current and drift velocity means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Relationship between current and drift velocity
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The current is I = nAvq, where n is the number density of charge carriers, A is the cross-sectional area, v is the mean drift velocity and q is the charge on each carrier.
Topics that use Relationship between current and drift velocity
- Mean drift velocity (OCR A-Level)
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- Conductors, semiconductors and insulators
- Elementary charge
- Number density of charge carriers
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- Temperature dependence of conductivity
- Mean drift velocity
- Microscopic model of current
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