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Use the resistivity value quoted in given table to calculate the lengths of 0.50mm diameter manganin wire needed to make resistance coils with resistances of:

10Ω.

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Important Questions on Resistance and Resistivity

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1.0cm3Of copper is drawn out into the form of a long wire of cross-sectional area 4.0×10-7m2. Calculate its resistance. (Use the resistivity value for copper from Table)

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1.0m, length of copper wire has a resistance of 0.50Ω, then calculate the resistance of a 50.m, length of the same wire.

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A1.0m Length of copper wire has a resistance of 0.50Ω. What will be the resistance of 1m length of copper wire having half the diameter of the original wire?

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A piece of steel wire has a resistance of 10Ω. It is stretched to twice its original length. Compare it new resistance with its original resistance.
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An element of an electric fire is made up from a length of nichrome wire of diameter 0.40mm and length 5.0m. The resistance of this element is R1. Another element, also made from nichrome, for a different electric fire, has a length of 2.0m and a diameter of 0.20mm. This element has a resistance of R2. What is the relationship between R1 and R2 ?

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This is a circuit.

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Which line in the table shows the changes to the lamp and the voltmeter reading when the temperature rises?

Lamp Voltmeter reading
gets brighter decreases
gets brighter increases
gets dimmer decreases
gets dimmer increases

 

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This shows the I-V Characteristic of an electrical component.

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Calculate the resistance of the component when the potential difference across it is  2.0V.

 

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This shows the I-V Characteristic of an electrical component

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Calculate the resistance of the component when the potential difference across it is 5.0V.