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  2. Drift velocity - Wikipedia

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    In physics, 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 ...

  3. Electrical mobility - Wikipedia

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    Electrical mobility is the ability of charged particles (such as electrons or protons) to move through a medium in response to an electric field that is pulling them. The separation of ions according to their mobility in gas phase is called ion mobility spectrometry, in liquid phase it is called electrophoresis.

  4. Slip ratio (gas–liquid flow) - Wikipedia

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    There are a number of correlations for slip ratio. For homogeneous flow, S = 1 (i.e. there is no slip). The Chisholm correlation [2] [3] is: = The Chisholm correlation is based on application of the simple annular flow model and equates the frictional pressure drops in the liquid and the gas phase.

  5. Energy conversion efficiency - Wikipedia

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    Energy conversion efficiency (η) is the ratio between the useful output of an energy conversion machine and the input, in energy terms. The input, as well as the useful output may be chemical, electric power, mechanical work, light (radiation), or heat. The resulting value, η (eta), ranges between 0 and 1. [1] [2] [3]

  6. Speed of electricity - Wikipedia

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    Without the presence of an electric field, the electrons have no net velocity. When a DC voltage is applied, the electron drift velocity will increase in speed proportionally to the strength of the electric field. The drift velocity in a 2 mm diameter copper wire in 1 ampere current is approximately 8 cm per hour. AC voltages cause no net movement.

  7. Mass-to-charge ratio - Wikipedia

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    When charged particles move in electric and magnetic fields the following two laws apply: Lorentz force law: = (+),; Newton's second law of motion: = =; where F is the force applied to the ion, m is the mass of the particle, a is the acceleration, Q is the electric charge, E is the electric field, and v × B is the cross product of the ion's velocity and the magnetic flux density.

  8. Poynting vector - Wikipedia

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    In the important case that E(t) is sinusoidally varying at some frequency with peak amplitude E peak, E rms is /, with the average Poynting vector then given by: =. This is the most common form for the energy flux of a plane wave, since sinusoidal field amplitudes are most often expressed in terms of their peak values, and complicated problems ...

  9. Electrical resistivity and conductivity - Wikipedia

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    Then the electric field and current density are constant and parallel, and by the general definition of resistivity, we obtain =, Since the electric field is constant, it is given by the total voltage V across the conductor divided by the length ℓ of the conductor: =.