Current Through A Silicon Rod#

Question Text#

What current flows through a 4.65-cm-diameter rod of pure silicon that is 50.0 \(\textrm{cm}\) long, when 61 \(\textrm{kV}\) is applied to it? (Such a rod may be used to make nuclear-particle detectors, for example.)

Answer Section#

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\(I=\) \(\textrm{ A}\)

Attribution#

Problem is from the OpenStax University Physics Volume 2 textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
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