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| Jul 12, 2022 at 13:02 | comment | added | Sarah Messer | True, but the per-element electric field is set collaboratively with all the other elements in a circuit, by balancing the speed of electron flow, the number of flowing electrons, and the electric field. Holding the external field constant was not part of OP's description, nor is it part of typical circuit design. At best, the voltage will often be approximately constant, but in that case, the physical size of the resistor (and the number of charge carriers) varies. | |
| Jul 12, 2022 at 12:33 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | If, under the same electric field, an electron moves fast through a material compared to other materials, that material is not a good resistor. Materials of high specific resistance always reduce the drift velocity compared to those with lower resistance. | |
| Jul 11, 2022 at 20:21 | history | edited | Sarah Messer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
corrected, clarified, and linked temperature-dependence
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| Jul 11, 2022 at 20:10 | history | answered | Sarah Messer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |