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Define the term ‘Mobility' of charge carriers in a conductor. Write its SI unit.

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Mobility of charge carriers in a conductor is the magnitude of drift velocity of the charge carriers per unit electric field. Its SI unit is `m^2 V^(-1) s^(-1)` .
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