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Actually, they very nearly do. The speed of electricity in a 12-gauge copper wire is 299,792,458 meters per second x 0.951 or 285,102,627 meters pe
by jaytaylor 9y ago
Actually, they very nearly do.
The speed of electricity in a 12-gauge copper wire is
299,792,458 meters per second x 0.951 or 285,102,627
meters per second. This is about 280,000,000 meters
per second which is not very much different from the
speed of electromagnetic waves (light) in vacuum.
- tlb 9y agoNot wires across silicon, which have higher capacitance and much higher resistance. For millimeter-long connections you might get 1/10 of C, ie 33 ps/mm instead of 3.3.
- jaytaylor 9y agoHey, that's actually really interesting, thanks for the followup! This corroborates what you're saying: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/204hl2/at_what_speed_do_electrons_move_around_inside_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/204hl2/at_what_...
- deepnotderp 9y agoTransmission line signalling can get near speed of light in silicon. But it has its own issues :)
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