To: Mariner
According to Special Relativity, mass increases as you approach speed of light, and would be infinite mass at that speed. Ever wonder why electrons in an electric circuit do not have infinite mass since they apparently travel at the speed of light?
36 posted on
08/25/2016 11:02:21 AM PDT by
itsahoot
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To: itsahoot
Ever wonder why electrons in an electric circuit do not have infinite mass since they apparently travel at the speed of light? Hardly!
For a 12-gauge copper wire carrying a 10-ampere DC current, the speed of electric current (average electron drift velocity) is about 80 centimeters per hour or about 0.0002 meters per second.
0.00044738726 Miles per hour
44 posted on
08/25/2016 3:56:31 PM PDT by
steve86
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To: itsahoot
Search for ‘electron drift velocity copper’.
47 posted on
08/25/2016 5:35:42 PM PDT by
Ozark Tom
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