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property of metallic conductors

In electricity: Basic phenomena and principles
…field, they acquire some average drift velocity in the direction opposite the field. In conductors of this variety, the drift velocity is limited by collisions, which heat the conductor.
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relationship to mobility

In mobility
…an average velocity, called the drift velocity. The charge carrier in most metals is the negatively charged electron (see electron scattering).
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