Drift velocity of charge carriers¶
Drift velocity is the average velocity attained by charged particles, such as electrons, in a material due to an electric field. In general, an electron in a conductor will propagate randomly at the Fermi velocity, resulting in an average velocity of zero. Applying an electric field adds to this random motion a small net flow in one direction; this is the drift.
Links:
- drift_velocity¶
drift_velocityof charge carriers.
- Symbol:
u- Latex:
\(u\)
- Dimension:
velocity
- Symbol:
mu- Latex:
\(\mu\)
- Dimension:
area/(time*voltage)
- electric_field_strength¶
- Symbol:
E- Latex:
\(E\)
- Dimension:
voltage/length
- law¶
u = mu * E- Latex:
- \[u = \mu E\]