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<blockquote data-quote="infamous_e46" data-source="post: 6327468" data-attributes="member: 596705">The dependence of the current density on the applied electric field is essentially quantum mechanical in nature; (see Classical and quantum conductivity.) A qualitative description of why so many materials obey Ohm&#039;s law can be shown using classical mechanics with the Drude model developed by Paul Drude in 1900.[3] [4]The Drude model treats electrons (or other charge carries) like pinballs bouncing between the ions that make up the structure of the material. Electrons will be accelerated in the opposite direction to the electric field by the average electric field at their location. With each collision, though, the electron is deflected in a random direction with a velocity that is much larger than the velocity gained by the electric field. The net result is that electrons take a tortuous path due to the collisions, but generally drift in a direction opposing the electric field.The drift velocity then determines the electric current density and its relationship to E and is independent of the collisions. Drude calculated the average drift velocity from p = −eEτ where p is the average momentum, −e is the charge of the electron and τ is the average time between the collisions. Since both the momentum and the current density are proportional to the drift velocity, the current density becomes proportional to the applied electric field; this leads to Ohm&#039;s law.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="infamous_e46, post: 6327468, member: 596705"] The dependence of the current density on the applied electric field is essentially quantum mechanical in nature; (see Classical and quantum conductivity.) A qualitative description of why so many materials obey Ohm's law can be shown using classical mechanics with the Drude model developed by Paul Drude in 1900.[3] [4] The Drude model treats electrons (or other charge carries) like pinballs bouncing between the ions that make up the structure of the material. Electrons will be accelerated in the opposite direction to the electric field by the average electric field at their location. With each collision, though, the electron is deflected in a random direction with a velocity that is much larger than the velocity gained by the electric field. The net result is that electrons take a tortuous path due to the collisions, but generally drift in a direction opposing the electric field. The drift velocity then determines the electric current density and its relationship to E and is independent of the collisions. Drude calculated the average drift velocity from p = −eEτ where p is the average momentum, −e is the charge of the electron and τ is the average time between the collisions. Since both the momentum and the current density are proportional to the drift velocity, the current density becomes proportional to the applied electric field; this leads to Ohm's law. [/QUOTE]

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