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Question:

How does electrical field spread through the wire?

How does electrical field spread through the wire when there is potential difference on its edges?

Answer:

much like hair spray out of can, only in a thin tube
the free electron theory- when current is induced, it causes electrons to jump from one atom to the next because each atom holds a finite number of electrons
as current flows

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