Laboratory Work No.

2
Resistance and Inductance of a Coil
Procedure:

RUN 1: Inductance and Resistance of a Coil

Step 1: Open your Multisim Program and set up the diagram shown in Figure 2.3.
Set the value of L = 100 mH and the resistance of the coil RL = 1 Ohm to constitute
a real inductor.

Step 2: Put an AC voltage and make the necessary settings given in the table
below:

AC Voltage
Max: 15 V
Frequency: 60 Hz

Step 3: Run simulation and click the Grapher to see the traces of the voltmeter
and ammeter. Set the Trigger to Normal, and trace may be adjusted by scrolling
up and down the mouse. From the resulting trace, obtain the time difference Δt
between the zero crossings of the two curves by multiplying the number of
divisions between waves with time/div setting. Then compute for the phase angle
between the waves using the formula:

Then enter the value in Table 1 under the column θ.

Step 6: Obtain the reading of the RMS voltage and current in voltmeter and the
ammeter and enter the values in Table 1
Step 7: For the succeeding trials 2 and 3, connect in series with the first coil an
identical inductor, having the same value of L and RL. Repeat the same procedure
in the preceding steps to obtain θ and RMS values of voltage and current for the
trials.

Run 2: Variation of Reactance with Frequency

Step 1: Using the set up in Trial 3 of Run 1, with three coils in series as load, open
the voltmeter and ammeter

Step 2: Enter the total resistance of the coil in Trial 3 of Run 1 in the space
provided at the bottom Table 2

Step 3: With frequency of the AC voltage set at 20 Hz, obtain the RMS reading of
the Voltmeter and Ammeter and enter the values in Trial 1 of Table 2

Step 5: For the succeeding trials, increase the frequency of the supply by 20 Hz
increments as indicated in Table 2. Obtain the reading of the voltmeter and
ammeter for every trial and enter the values in Table 2.

Schematic Diagram

Figure 2.3
 Table 1

Trial (mA) (mW)

Table 2

Trial (Hz) (mA)

1 20
2 40
3 60

4 80

5 100
6 120
7 140
8 160

Resistance, R3L =