An iron wire has a cross-sectional area equal to 2.00 x 106 m². Carry out the following steps to determine the drift speed of the conduction electrons in the wire if it carries a current of 8.0 A. (a) How many kilograms are there in 1.00 mole of iron? kg/mol (b) Starting with the density of iron and the result of part (a), compute the molar density of iron (the number of moles of iron per cubic meter). mol/m³ (c) Calculate the number density of iron atoms using Avogadro's number. atoms/m³ (d) Obtain the number density of conduction electrons given that there are two conduction electrons per iron atom. electrons/m³ (e) Calculate the drift speed of conduction electrons in this wire. m/s

An iron wire has a cross-sectional area equal to 2.00 x 106 m². Carry out the following steps to determine the drift speed of the conduction electrons in the wire if it carries a current of 8.0 A. (a) How many kilograms are there in 1.00 mole of iron? kg/mol (b) Starting with the density of iron and the result of part (a), compute the molar density of iron (the number of moles of iron per cubic meter). mol/m³ (c) Calculate the number density of iron atoms using Avogadro's number. atoms/m³ (d) Obtain the number density of conduction electrons given that there are two conduction electrons per iron atom. electrons/m³ (e) Calculate the drift speed of conduction electrons in this wire. m/s

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