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ch26 142
ch26 142
Chapter 26
Current and Resistance
Objective
26-1 Electric Currents
26-2 Current Density
26-3 Resistance and Resistivity
26-4 Ohm's Law
26-5 Power in Electric Circuits
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Current ≠ 0 Current = 0
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Current ≠ 0 Current = 0
Electrons in isolated conductor
(no external electric field applied)
Random motion - Speed ≈ 106 m/
s
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Charge dq passes
through surface A
in time dt Wire
dq
i= Cross section
dt
Cross section
Surface A
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dq
i=
dt
t
q= ∫ i dt
Surface A 0
In a steady-state condition,
current does not change with time.
q=it
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Wire
In a steady-state condition
Current through A1
= Current through A2
= Current through A3
Surface A3
Surface A2
Surface A1 Since charge is conserved,
any electron passes through A1
should pass through A2 and A3.
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Ampere
Symbol
A
dq
i=
dt
1 Coulomb
1 Ampere =
1 Second
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i3
i1
i1 i3
i2
i2
i1 = i2 + i3 i1 = i2 + i3
Current Current
dq negative charge
i= =
dt time
𝑑
𝑡
𝑑
𝑉
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Point P Point P
Surface A1
Surface A2
= 0.2 m2
= 0.4 m2
Direction v
→
J
The same direction as the velocity of the
moving positive charges.
→ →
J v
current
Magnitude J=
area normal to the velocity
The SI unit for the current density J is A/m2
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→ →
∫
= ∙
Area vector
Magnitude Area of the surface
Direction Normal to the surface
→ →
If J is uniform and parallel to dA
i=JA
i
J=
A
𝑖
𝐽
𝑑
𝐴
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→ →
Electric Field E Current Density J
Electric field lines Streamlines
→ →
E J
Number of lines per unit area in a Number of lines per unit area in a
plane perpendicular to the electric plane perpendicular to the
field lines is proportional to the streamlines is proportional to the
magnitude of the electric field. magnitude of the current density.
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Same current
Charge is conserved
(Any charge passes though the 1st surface
should pass through the 2nd surface
Streamlines representing
current density in the flow of
charge through a conductor
-e -e -e -e
-e -e -e -e
Assume that these charge carriers all move with the same drift speed and
that the current density J is uniform across the wire’s cross-sectional area A.
The total charge of the carriers in the length L, each with charge e, =( )
This charge moves through any cross section of the wire in the time interval =
→
= =
L
= -e
-e
-e -e
𝑑
𝑣
𝑡
𝑑
𝐸
𝐽
𝑛
𝑒
𝑣
𝑑
𝑡
𝑖
𝑛
𝐴
𝑒
𝑣
𝑑
𝑑
𝐽
𝑛
𝑒
𝑣
𝑣
𝑞
𝑛
𝐴
𝐿
𝑒
𝐿
𝑞
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-e -e -e
Conductor
Current? Rightward
Current density? Rightward
Solution
i=JA
2 R 2
i = J (πR -π( ) )
2
3
i = J ( πR2 ) = 1.9 A
4
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Solution
→ →
∫ ∫ ∫ ∫
2
= ∙ = = 2 = 2
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[4]
2 4 24 4 4= 7.1
∫
=2 3 =2 =2 ( − =
4 64 32
)
𝑅
𝑅
𝑅
2
𝑅
2
𝜋
𝐽
𝑎
𝑎
𝑟
𝜋
𝑟
𝑟
𝑑
𝜋
𝑑
𝑟
𝑟
𝑟
𝑑
𝑟
𝜋
𝑎
𝜋
𝑎
𝜋
𝑎
𝑅
𝑖
𝐽
𝐽
𝑑
𝐴
𝑑
𝐴
𝑟
𝑅
𝑅
𝐴
𝑅
𝑅
𝑅
𝑅
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V=Ri
Current
Potential
difference Resistance
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Ω
V=Ri
1 Volt
1 Ohm=
1 Ampere
Ω is pronounced omega
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= → →
=
Conductivity σ of a material
1
=
→ →
=
SI unit mho•meter
𝜌
𝜎
𝐸
𝐽
𝜌
𝜎
𝐸
𝐽
𝑉
𝑅
𝑖
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ρ - ρ0 = ρ0 α (T-T0 )
Reference
Resistivity at T temperature
Resistivity at T0
Temperature
1.2 cm R = 0.65 µΩ
15 cm
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V V
i i
V=Ri V=Ri
Constant Function of
Current is directly proportional the potential difference
to the potential difference
Device Device
obeys Ohm's law does not obey Ohm's law
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V I V I
1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0
2.0 4.0 2.0 4.0
3.0 6.0 3.0 9.0
Solution
Device 1 Device 2
obeys Ohm's law does not obey Ohm's law
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B Device V B R V
i i
Power is the rate of electric Power is the rate of electric
energy transfer from the battery energy transfer from the battery
to the device. to the device.
P=iV P=iV
For any device For a resistor V = R i
(resistor, motor, capacitor)
V2
P = i2 R P=
R
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i i
B motor V B C V
i i
Solution V2
P= = i2R
R
(2V0 )2 V0 2
P= P = (2i0 )2R0 P= P = i0 2 (2R0 )
R0 2R0
P0
P = 4P0 P = 4P0 P= P = 2 P0
2
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