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From: pojhome [mailto:pojhome@SWBELL.NET]
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 2:34 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: reifying energy
Imagine a swarm of electrons vibrating in a copper wire, Brian. There are
two ways that the number of electrons passing a given reference plane in a
half cycle can increase: either the number of electrons in the swarm
increases or the wavelength of the vibration increases. Since the vibration
frequency remains fixed at 60 Hz, the wavelength of a vibration also stays
fixed. Therefore, the number of electrons vibrating must increase.