Meindert Sprang wrote:

Sorry to say Vito, but that is completely nonsense. The reason current keeps
folwing for a while is magnetism. Current flowing through a wire creates a
magnetic field around the wire. Also, a changing magnetic field induces
current in a wire. What happens when you open the contact is this: the
current stops flowing, the existing static field collapses and is therefore
changing. And the field change induces a current in the wire in the opposite
direction.

But current continues to flow even after the magnetic field has
collapsed. You can prove that with the right instruments.


And if you still believe in electron inertia, I advise you to go and read a
book about basic electric laws.

I did, at Bell Labs - you know the folks who invented transistors, et
cetera. Electrons have mass everything with mass has inertia. Look it up
in any basic physics book, or better yet memorize
http://www.newtonphysics.on.ca/EINSTEIN/Appendix1.html. Exam next
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