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Grade 12Electric Current

when a current is established in wire, the free electrons drift in the direction opposite to the current. does the number of free electrons in the wire continuously decrease?

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15 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Aakashdeep Dhiman
15 Years ago

the number remains same but the electron density changes

Profile image of NIKHIL GARG
15 Years ago

density decreases or increases and why

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