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A charge is moving across a junction, then

Updated On: Jan 21, 2024
  • momentum will be conserved
  • momentum will not be conserved
  • at some places momentum will be conserved and at some other places momentum will not be conserved
  • none of these
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When motion of charge is taking place across a junction, then momentum of charge is not conserved. Because when a charge (i.e., electron) approaches a junction, in addition to a uniform electric field E that it normally faces (which keeps the drift velocity v d ? (fixed). there are accumulation of charges on the surface of wires at the junction which also produces electric field, resulting the variation in the direction of momentum of charge.
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