Potentiometer
Potentiometer: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Potentiometer, To Find EMF of an Unknown Battery Using Potentiometer, To Find Internal Resistance of an Unknown Battery Using Potentiometer & Conditions for No Balanced Point in Potentiometer etc.
Important Questions on Potentiometer
Balancing point of a potentiometer shifts from a length of to by shunting the cell with a resistance. What is the internal resistance of the cell?

A cell of is balanced at . Then what is balanced length for ideal cell of ?

In the following figure, the between the points and is balanced against length of potentiometer wire of total length . In order to balance the potential difference between the points and the jockey to be pressed on potentiometer wire at a distance of :

The potential gradient of potentiometer is . current of is flowing through coil of resistance. The balancing length in meters for the at the ends of this coil will be

The length of a wire of a potentiometer is and the emf of its standard cell is . It is employed to measure the emf of a battery whose internal resistance is . If the balance point is

Resistivity of potentiometer wire is and its area of cross-section is When a current flows through the wire, its potential gradient is :

When a cell is balanced on potentiometer wire, then balancing length is If resistance of is connected across the ends of cell, then balancing length is then internal resistance of cell is

A cell is balanced at of a potentiometer wire when the total length of the wire is If the length of the potentiometer wire is increased by then the new balancing length for the cell will be (Assume pd across potentiometer wire is constant)

Figure shows a potentiometer used for the determination of internal resistance of a cell. The balance point of the cell in open circuit is When a resistor of is used in the external circuit of the cell, the balance point shifts to length of the potentiometer wire. Fine the internal resistance of the cell (in ) correct to the nearest integer.

One of the circuits for the measurement of resistance by potentiometer is shown. The galvanometer is connected at point A and zero deflection is observed at length In second case the secondary cell is changed and zero deflection is observed at length What is the resistance (in ohm) ? Take and in reading and and in reading :

A cell of internal resistance of and emf balances on a potentiometer wire at length of. The driving battery has emf of . If the cell is shunted by resistance wire then find by what amount balance point will shift?

The figure shows a potentiometer arrangement used to measure the internal resistance of the cell B. The null point is located at from point on a wire PR. Find the internal resistance of the cell

In a potentiometer experiment when terminals of the cell are connected at distance of on the wire, then no current flows through it. When shunt resistance is connected across the cell the balancing length is The internal resistance of the cell (in ) is what is the value of ?

A wire (of length , area of cross-section ) is used in the potentiometer experiment to calculate the emf and internal resistance of the battery. The emf and internal resistance of the driving battery are and respectively. The resistivity of wire varies as where is distance from in meters and . The distance of null point from is obtained at when switch is open. Find the value of .

A long potentiometer wire has a resistance of . It is connected in series with a battery of emf and a resistance of . The internal resistance of cell is negligible. If the length can be read accurately up to , the potentiometer can read voltage with an accuracy of (in millivolt). Then the value of is

A wire (of length area of cross-section ) is used in potentiometer experiment to calculate emf and internal resistance of battery. The emf and internal resistance of driving battery are and , respectively. The resistivity of wire varies as where is distance from in meters and The distance of null point from is obtained at when switch is open. Find the value of

In a potentiometer, find the value of EMF of a cell in if the balancing length for this cell is . Given that a cell of emf gave a balanced point at length of the wire.

If the specific resistance of a potentiometer wire is , the current flowing through it is and the cross-sectional area of the wire is then, the potential gradient will be

A standard cell of is balanced by the PD across of a meter long wire supplied by a cell of emf through a series resistor of resistance . If the internal resistance of the cell in the primary circuit is zero then the resistance per unit length of potentiometer wire is

The balancing length for a cell is in a potentiometer experiment. When an external resistance of is connected in parallel to the cell, the balancing length changes by If the internal resistance of the ceil is where is an integer then value of is ............
