EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEER
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Author: Jewett
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Chapter 27, Problem 27.4OQ
(a)
To determine
The variation in drift speed along the wire as the area becomes smaller.
(b)
To determine
The variation in the resistance per unit length along the wire as area becomes smaller.
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A current-carrying ohmic metal wire has a cross sectional area that gradually becomes smaller from one end of the wire to the other. The current has the same value for each section of the wire, so charge does not accumulate at any one point. How does the drift speed vary along the wire as the area becomes smaller?
(a) It increases.
(b) It decreases.
(c) It remains constant.
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whose potential is 5 volts. What current will pass through the conductor if the voltage
remains constant at the value given?
(b) How many coulombs of electricity will pass through the conductor if this current is
maintained for 20 minutes?
c) what will be the energy expended during this time interval?
(b)
A voltage of 3 V is applied across the ends of a copper alloy conductor
which has a resistance of 1.5 at room temperature (20 °C). The
conductor has a length of 20 m and a diameter of 0.7 mm.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Calculate the current which flows through the copper alloy
conductor and the current density in it.
What is the electrical conductivity of the material?
After a while, the temperature in the copper alloy conductor rises
and its resistance becomes 2.4 №. If the temperature coefficient of
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temperature to which the conductor has risen.
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