Drift Velocity, Mobility and Their Relation with Electric Current

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Important Questions on Drift Velocity, Mobility and Their Relation with Electric Current

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The drift velocity of electrons for a conductor connected in an electrical circuit is Vd. The conductor is now replaced by another conductor with same material and same length but double the area of cross-section. The applied voltage remains same. The new drift velocity of electrons will be

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A current of 10 A exists in a wire of cross-sectional area of 5 mm2 with a drift velocity of 2×10-3 m s-1. The number of free electrons in each cubic meter of the wire is

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A current of 5 A passes through a copper conductor (resistivity =1.7×10-8 Ω m ) of radius of cross-section  5 mm . Find the mobility of the charges if their drift velocity is  1.1×10-3 m s-1 .

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Drift speed of electrons, when 1.5 A current flows in a copper wire of cross section 5 mm2 is vd. If the electron density in copper is 9×1028 m-3 the value of vd in mm s-1 is close to (Take charge of an electron to be =1.6×10-19 C)

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Suppose the drift velocity vd in a material varied with the applied electric field E as vd E. Then V-I graph for a wire made of such a material is best given by:

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When 5 V potential difference is applied across a wire of length 0.1 m, the drift speed of electrons is 2.5×10-4 m s-1 . If the electron density in the wire is 8×1028 m-3 , the resistivity of the material is close to: