Electric Current

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Electric Current: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Electric Current, Electric Current Density, Charge Flown when Current Is Constant, Charge Flown when Current Is Variable & Calculation of Charge Flown from Current-Time Graph etc.

Important Questions on Electric Current

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In hydrogen discharge tube, it is observed that through a given cross-section 5×1016 electrons are moving from right to left and 5×1016 protons are moving from left to right per second. The current(in mA) in the discharge tube will be

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Current flowing through a wire depends on time as I=3t2+2t+5. The charge flowing through the cross-section of the wire in time t=0 to t=2 s is 

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The amount of charge Q passed in time t through a cross section of a wire is Q=5t2+3t+1. The value of current at time t=5s is 

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Current is flowing with a current density J=480 A cm-2 in a copper wire. Assuming that each copper atom contributes one free electron and given that

Avogadro number =6.0×1023atoms mol-1

Density of copper =9.0g cm-3

Atomic weight of copper = 6 4g mol-1

The drift velocity of electrons is

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A current of 2 A is established in a circuit containing an aluminium resistor of length 30 cm. If the area of cross-section of the resistor is 0.003 cm2 at a point P.The current density at that point will be :

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A cylindrical conductor has length l and area of cross-section A. Its conductivity changes with distance (x) from one of its ends as σ=σ0lx [σ0 is a constant]. The electric field inside the conductor as a function of x is k10 V m-1  when a cell of emf V is connected across the ends. Find k. [Given that l=10 m, x=2 m, V=10 Volt.]

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A steady current I is set up in a wire whose cross-sectional area decreases in the direction of the flow of the current. Then, as we examine the narrowing region

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Number of electrons passes through a wire in 2 minutes is 2.25×10y, if current passing through the wire is 300 mA. Find the value of y.

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The current through an element is shown in the figure. Determine the total charge that passes through the element after  t= 2 s in Coulombs.
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In the circuit element given here, if the potential at point B, VB=0, then the potentials of A and D are given as,

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The current through an element is shown in the figure. Determine the total charge that passes through the element after  t= 2 s in Coulombs.
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The current through an element is shown in the figure. Determine the total charge that has passed through the element at t=0 s in Coulombs.
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Number of electrons passes through a wire in 2 minutes is 2.25×10y, if current passing through the wire is 300 mA. Find the value of y.

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A source of e.m.f. E = 15 V and having negligible internal resistance is connected to a variable resistance so that the current in the circuit increases with time as i = (1.2 t + 3). Then, the total charge that will flow in first five second will be

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A cylindrical solid rod of length L and radius a is connected across a source of emf V and negligible internal resistance as shown in the figure. The resistivity of the rod at point P at a distance x from the left end is given by ρ=bx (where b is a positive constant). Find the electric field at point P.

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A fully discharged battery (emf=12 V, capacity=60 Ah) is connected with a charging device that can supply the battery a steady current, i=3 A. The battery is connected to charging device for 90 min. Final charging level of battery (in percentage) is,

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A sphere of radius r is at a potential V and is immersed in a conducting medium of conductivity σ. Find the current flowing from sphere to infinity.

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A current 2 A flows through a 2 Ω resistor when connected across a battery. The same battery supplied a current 0.5 A when connected across a 9 Ω resistor. The internal resistance of the battery is

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In a region 1019α particles and 1019 protons move to the left, while 1019 electrons move to the right per sec. find ΔqΔt:-

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The current density varies with radial distance r as J=ar2, in a cylindrical wire of radius R. The current passing through the wire between radial distance R/3 and R/2 is,