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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: How long would a mile-long capacitor take to discharge?
« on: 24/01/2018 17:52:00 »If you reject that statement you are making a mistake. No electron makes it’s way along the 1 mile, or even along the short piece of wire connecting A & B. The discharge rate is not due to electron speed. Evan & I are saying the same thing and so is @chiralSPO - his diagram sums it up nicely....The mistake here is in assuming that an electron must travel 2km to reach the other end, at a speed of mm/sec.I have to totally reject the above statement. See my answer to Colin2B.
An electron at the lower plate end A must travel all the way crossing R covering 1 mile at drift-velocity speed.
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