Current Electricity

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Current Electricity

Electricity Current
Electronic Current
& Conventional current
Definition of one Ampere
Electric Currents in Conductor
Drift Velocity
Expression of Drift Velocity
How current is related to drift velocity
Ohm’s law
Derivation of Ohm’s law
A potential difference of 200V is applied across the ends of a conductor of
resistance 50 ohms. Calculate the number of electrons flowing through it in
one second?
Limitations of Ohm’s law
Numerical on Ohm’s law
Numerical on Ohm’s law
Expressions of Resistance and resistivity
Types of resistors
Resistors colour code
Variation of resistance with temperature
Temperature dependence of resistivity
Problem:- A heating element using nichrome connected to a 230 V supply draws an initial current of 3.2 A
which settles after a few seconds to a steady value of 2.8 A. What is the steady temperature of the heating
element if the room temperature is 27.0 °C? Temperature coefficient of resistance of nichrome averaged over
the temperature range involved is 1.70 × 10−4 °C −1?
Variation of resistivity with temperature of
metal, semiconductor and alloys
Problem:- A silver wire has a resistance of 2.1 Ω at 27.5 °C, and a resistance of
2.7 Ω at 100 °C. Determine the temperature coefficient of resistivity of silver.
Current Density
Mobility
Electrical Conductivity
Macroscopic form of Ohm’s law
In a discharge tube, the number of hydrogen ions drifting across a cross
section per second is 1x1018, while the number of electrons drifting in the
opposite direction across another cross-section is 2.7x1018 per second. If the
supply voltage is 230V, what is the effective resistance of the tube?
Combination of resistors
Parallel combination
Cells, internal resistance and EMF
Electromotive force and terminal potential
difference
Internal resistance
Cells in series
Cells in parallel
Mixed combinations of cells
Electrical energy
Electrical energy
Electric power
Kirchhoff’s law
Kirchhoff’s law
Example of Kirchoff’s law
Wheatstone Bridge
Proof of Wheatstone’s Bridge principle
Meter Bridge
Potentiometer
Potentiometer
Working of potentiometer
Working of potentiometer
Problem:- In a potentiometer arrangement, a cell of Emf 1.25V gives a balance point at 35.0 cm
length of the wire. If a cell is replaced by another cell and the balance point shifts to 63.0cm,what
is the Emf of the second cell?
To compare the emf of two cells
To find the internal resistance of a cell

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