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What are the possible paths of free electrons inside the conductor ?

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In the absence of electric field inside conductor, free electrons are unacceleated , so their path between consecutive collisions is straight line.
In the presence of electric field inside conductor, free electrons are accelerated so their path is generally curved.
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