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No, not like that. When electrons travel in a regular conductor, they have a distribution of speeds. Ohm's law just describes their average behavior. Just in c
by tedsanders 11y ago
No, not like that. When electrons travel in a regular conductor, they have a distribution of speeds. Ohm's law just describes their average behavior.
Just in case I misunderstood your question, I will say a few more things:
Ohm's law applies to both graphene and regular conductors.
In graphene, electrons have only one speed, but they can still move in any direction. In a regular conductor, electrons have many speeds and move in any direction.
In either case, with no electric field applied, the average velocity of electrons will be zero. But with an electric field applied, the average velocity of electrons will be non-zero. And in both cases, the average velocity is proportional to the applied electric field, meaning that the material can be described by concepts like resistance and electron mobility.
The key difference is that graphene has electrons with one speed and a distribution of directions, whereas regular conductors have electrons with a distribution of speeds and a distribution of directions.
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