When a current flows in an aluminum wire of diameter 2.33 mm, the drift speed of the conduction electrons is 0.000279 m/s. The conduction electron density in aluminum is 6.00 x 10^28 m^-3. What is the electron current?

When a current flows in an aluminum wire of diameter 2.33 mm, the drift speed of the conduction electrons is 0.000279 m/s. The conduction electron density in aluminum is 6.00 x 10^28 m^-3. What is the electron current?

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