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is there a specific amount of current for an ordinary 1/2w 5% axial zener must conduct so the breakdown voltage will be within its specified tolerance?
Read the data sheet. They ALWAYS specify the zener voltage at some current. Then they give you some pretty graphs to look at that show voltage versus current.
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