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| From | Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> |
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| Subject | question regarding electron energy states and current |
| Date | Thu, 21 May 2026 12:21:02 -0800 |
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Hi, I was reading an introductory chapter in an electronics book, an older book (1960's, I think) and it explained insulators, conductors, and semiconductors in connection with bands of energy states in quantum theory. He seemed to be saying that conductors allow electrons to easily move between energy bands, movement of electrons is current, and therefore conductors allow current. The part I'm unclear on: when exactly is it that the electron moves from one part of the conductor to the next, i.e., down the wire? Are we just saying that, at the higher energy state, the electron will be moving around the material more often? Or that somehow moving from one energy state to the other, is movement through the conductor? -- Christopher Howard
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