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Calculate the number of electrons constituting one coulomb of charge.

Important Questions on Electricity

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Name a device that helps to maintain a potential difference across a conductor.
(Voltmeter/ Battery)
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What is meant by saying that the potential difference between two points is 1 V?
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How much energy is given to each coulomb of charge passing through a 6 V battery?
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On what factors does the resistance of a conductor depend?
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Will current flow more easily through a thick wire or a thin wire of the same material, when connected to the same source? Why?
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Let the resistance of an electrical component remains constant while the potential difference across the two ends of the component decreases to half of its former value. What change will occur in the current through it?
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Why are coils of electric toasters and electric irons made of an alloy rather than a pure metal?
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Use the data in the table to answer the following –

Table shows electrical resistivity of some substances at 20 °C.

 

 

Substances

Material

Resistivity (Ω m)

Conductors

Silver

1.60 × 108

Copper

1.62×108

Aluminium

2.63 × 108

Tungsten

5.20 × 108

Nickel

6.84 × 108

Iron

10.0 × 108

Chromium

12.9 × 108

Mercury

94.0 × 108

Manganese

1.84 × 106

Alloys

Constantan (alloy of Cu and Ni)

49 × 106

Manganin(alloy of Cu, Mn and Ni )

44 × 106

Nichrome (alloy of Ni, Cr, Mn and Fe)

100 × 106

Insulators

Glass

1010  1014

Hard rubber

1013  1016

Ebonite

1015  1017

Diamond

1012  1013

Paper (dry)

1012

 

Which among iron and mercury is a better conductor?