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Re: electron flow

I will give it a try.
If an ampere is defined as 1 coulumb flowing in one second of time, then a coulumb would have to consist ofabout six and a quarter million, million, million electrons.
If you were to attempt to count the electrons in one ampere of current at a rate of one electron per second, it would take you somwhere in the order of 1,900 million years to do it.
I better get started!!! :D
 
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Thanks, that is fairly clear, but still a tough number to think of. :)

Originally posted by bphgravity:
six and a quarter million, million, million electrons.
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One of the few times you can be off a by a few hundred million and it won't make a difference! :eek:
 
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If you killed that number of houseflies (equivalent to a coulomb of electrons), they would cover New York State, 6 feet deep, packed down, 100 to the cubic inch.
(From an old electrical textbook - DC Fundamentals - Delmar Publishers)

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If houseflies screamed when hit, think of the noise. :D

[ May 03, 2003, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: bennie ]
 
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