On Apr 18, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Actually, electrons themselves flow rather slowly -- millimeters per
> second according to Wikipedia. The signal propagation is a bit
> faster:
> "typically 75% of light speed", Wikipedia again.
Yeah, electrons move *very* slowly in a solid. Presumably somewhat
faster in liquid. Definitely faster in a gas, but you have to have a
pretty good vacuum for them to actually approach the speed of light.
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