Internal Resistance

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Internal Resistance: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Potential Difference across Terminals of Battery Getting Discharged, Determination of EMF and Internal Resistance of a cell & Maximum Current Drawn from a Cell etc.

Important Questions on Internal Resistance

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The reading on a high resistance voltmeter, when a cell is connected across it, is 2.0V. When the terminals of the cell are also connected to a resistance of  3 Ω  as shown in the circuit, the voltmeter reading drops to 1.5V. The internal resistance of the cell is :

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Why can not we draw maximum current from the cell in real life?

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What should be null for drawing maximum current from the cell?

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On which of the following factors internal resistance of a cell depends:

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The potential difference V across the terminals of a battery which is getting charged is always:

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The terminal potential difference V of a battery of emf E and internal resistance r which is getting charged with electric current I flowing through it is:

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While charging a run-down battery, current flows inside it from its negative terminal to positive terminal.

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A storage battery of emf 8.0 V with internal resistance 0.5Ω is being charged by a 120 V DC supply using a series resistor of 15.5Ω. What is the terminal voltage of the battery during charging?

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Two cells with the same emf E and different internal resistances r1 and r2 are connected in series to an external resistance R. The value of  R so that, the potential difference across the first cell be zero is,

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In the circuit shown A and B are two cells of same emf E, but different internal resistances r1 and r2 (r1>r2), respectively. What is the value of R in terms of r1 and r2, such that the potential difference across the terminal of cell A is zero a long time after the key K is closed.

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A student measures the terminal potential difference V of a cell (of emf E and internal resistance r) as a function of the current I flowing through it. The slope and intercept, of the graph between V and I, then, respectively, equal: