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Chapter 21, Problem 6DQ(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
The free electrons in a metal are gravitationally attracted toward the earth. Why, then, don’t they all settle to the bottom of the conductor, like sediment settling to the bottom of a river?
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QUESTION:
The free electrons in a metal are gravitationally attracted toward the earth. Why, then, don’t they all settle to the bottom of the conductor, like sediment settling to the bottom of a river?
ANSWER:Solution 6DQ
Introduction :
We have to discuss why the free electrons don’t settle down towards the bottom of the conductor due to gravitational attraction.