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among other things: ballistic conduction


Could you elaborate please?


"Ballistic conduction (ballistic transport) is the transport of electrons in a medium having negligible electrical resistivity caused by scattering. Without scattering, electrons simply obey Newton's second law of motion at non-relativistic speeds."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_conduction


I read this, had the hope someone could explain this a bit simpler :/


It means electrons travel without bumping into other particles.


Does this imply less power is needed?


There’s no resistance, so it’s almost like a superconductor. No power loss to heat.


BALLISTIC CONDUCTION


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