Torque on the Loop Placed in a Magnetic Field and Moving Coil Galvanometer

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Torque on the Loop Placed in a Magnetic Field and Moving Coil Galvanometer: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Galvanometer, Voltmeter, Ammeter, Conversion of Galvanometer into a Voltmeter, Figure of Merit of a Galvanometer, Working of Moving Coil Galvanometer and, Construction of Moving Coil Galvanometer

Important Questions on Torque on the Loop Placed in a Magnetic Field and Moving Coil Galvanometer

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Out of the two, an ammeter or a milliammeter, ammeter has a higher resistance.

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The deflection in galvanometer falls to 14th, when it is shunted by 3 Ω . If additional shunt of 2 Ω is connected in parallel to earlier shunt, the deflection in galvanometer falls to 1αth value. Write the value of 2α.

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A magnetic needle suspended parallel to a magnetic field requires 3 J of work to turn it through 60°. The torque needed to maintain the needle in this position will be

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A moving coil galvanometer has the following characteristics- Number of turns of coil=50, Area of coil=70mm2, Resistance of coil=30 Ω, the flux density of radial field=0.1T, Torsional constant of suspension wire=7×10-8Nm/rad. Calculate the voltage sensitivity. 

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The voltage sensitivity is defined as the deflection per unit current.

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A moving coil galvanometer produces deflection 20.5rad for current 10μA. Calculate current sensitivity?

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A convenient way for the manufacturer to increase the current sensitivity is to increase the number of turns in the galvanometer.

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If an ammeter is to be used in place of a voltmeter, then with the ammeter we must connect a,

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What resistance should be connected in series of a galvanometer of resistance Rg in order to change its range from V volts to NV volts (in ohm)

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A galvanometer with a scale divided into 100 equal divisions has a current sensitivity of 10 divisions per milliampere and a voltage sensitivity of 2 divisions per millivolt. The galvanometer resistance will be,

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A voltmeter has a 25 Ω coil and 575 Ω in series. The coil takes 10 mA for full-scale deflection. The maximum potential difference which can be measured is 

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A circular loop with N  turns has radius r . It lies in x-y plane carrying current I in anti-clockwise direction. If the magnetic field in the region is B=B0i^, then find the torque (τ) acting on the loop.

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A rectangular coil of a moving coil galvanometer contains 50 turns each having area 12 cm2. It is suspended in radial magnetic field 0.025 Wb/m2 by a fibre of twist constant 15×10-10 Nm/degree. Calculate the sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer.

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The combined resistance of galvanometer of resistance 1000 Ω and its shunt is 25 Ω. Calculate the value of shunt.