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When electrons drift in a metal from lower to higher potential, does it mean that all the 'free' electrons of the metal are moving in the same direction ?

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No, drift velocities of all the free electrons are not in the same direction because free electrons have to move in the direction of resultant velocity which is a superposition of drift velocity and thermal velocity.
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