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Just to be pedant, c is the speed of a photon in a vacuum. Electrons are much heavier and are traveling in a medium, copper. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by yardie 6y ago
Just to be pedant, c is the speed of a photon in a vacuum. Electrons are much heavier and are traveling in a medium, copper.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_velocity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_velocity
- leephillips 6y agoThe signal speed has nothing to do with the electrons’ drift velocity. It is a bit slower than c, but negligibly so.