Drift Speed of Electrons is of the order of 10-3 ms-1, but current is established in the circuit with the speed of Light. Explain

Due to collisions between electrons and atoms, the drift velocity of electrons in a conductor is on the order of millimeters per second. However, the speed at which a change of current at one point in the material causes changes in currents in other parts of the material, the velocity of proporgation, is typically about 75% of light speed. This occurs because electrical signals propagate as a wave, with the velocity dependent on the dielectric constant of the material.

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drift velocity is due to electric field of conductor...and its not easy for electron to move freely in conductor due to ions....so Vd > current which is rate of flow of charge

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