In an electric circuit, do the electrons actually “flow”?

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In a typical electric circuit, do the electrons actually flow throughout the circuit? Like, do the electrons actually move from power source, to resistor/light-bulb, and back again?

Or do the electrons somehow transmit their energy to the next electron in front of it without actually “moving”?

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[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Electrons actually move by joining an atom which releases another electron to another atom down a pathway, i.e., circuit.

Not an electrical engineer, but it has some overlap with mechanical engineering which I am degreed in.​

 

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Could be slightly off base, but in Quantum Mechanics electrons don't actually move. They just "appear" from one moment in time to another

 

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