Cls– XII EXPERIMENT1

OHM’ SLAW

AIM:-Tofindtheresistanceperunit lengthof agivenwire, byplottinggraphbetweenpotential

differenceandcurrent.

APPARATUS :- Resistance Wire, Voltmeter, Ammeter, Battery Eliminator,

Rheostat, Meter Scale, One way Key, Connecting Wires, sand Paper, Screw Gauge,
Meter Scale, Graph Sheet

Theory: Ohm'slawstatesthattheelectriccurrent flowingthrougha conductorisdirectlyproportional

tothepotential differenceacrossitstwoends, whenotherphysical conditionsliketemperature
remainsconstant.

V I or V=IR

Procedure:-

Thecircuit consistingofVoltmeterandAmmeter,Rheostat, Plugkey, BatteryEliminator,all

connectedinseriesusingconnectingwires.Andthewire whose Resistanceisunknownisconnected
acrosstheVoltmeter. ThereadingofAmmeterandVoltmetershowingcurrent andvoltage
respectivelywhilechangingthesettingofRheostat forprovidingvariableresistanceisnoteddown
afterensuringall thecomponentsare Connectedthecomponentsasshowninthecircuit diagram.

CircuitDiagram:
Observations:

Sl. Voltage(V) Current (I) Resistance

No Volts (R)
Ampere

01

02

03

04

05

Calculation:-

MeanResistanceofthegivenwire= … … ..

Length ofthegivenwire=… … … cm

Resistanceperunitlength =… … /cm

Graph:- (AttachGraphSheetordrawasperyourtabularobservationdata recordedduringpractical)

Conclusion:- ThegraphbetweenVandIisa straight line.

Resistanceofthegivenwire= … … ..