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what is drift velocity?
Anirban
on 2010-09-04 09:30:00Velocity of electrons in semiconductor by extarnal Electric field.
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on 2010-09-05 09:30:00The drift velocity is the average velocity that a particle, such as an electron, attains due to an electric field. In general, an electron will rattle around in a conductor at the Fermi velocity randomly. An applied electric field will give this random motion a small net velocity in one direction.