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Two cells of 1.25 V and 0.75 V are connected in series with anode of one connected to anode of the other . The effective voltage will be
The cells are in opposition. Eeq = E1 − E2 = 1.25 − 0.75 = 0.5V
In a potentiometer experiment, for measuring internal resistance of a cell, the balance point has been obtained on the fourth wire. The balance point can be shifted to fifth wire by
If the current due to the auxillary battery is decreased, the potential gradient will be decreases, so the balancing length increases.Thus null point will move to fifth wire.
A battery is connected with a potentiometer wire. The internal resistance of the battery is negligible. If the length of the potentiometer wire of the same material and radius is doubled then
Potential gradient Is given by V/l. If V and l are constant, the potential gradient also remains constant. The change in the radius will cause a change in the current. This does not change the potential gradient.
The instrument for the accurate measurement of the e.m.f of a cell is
Both potentiometer and voltmeter are devices to measure potential difference. E M F is the terminal p.d between the electrodes of a cell in open circuit, i.e., when no current is drawn from it. Potentiometer measures the potential difference using null deflection method, where no current is drawn from the cell; whereas voltmeter needs a small current to show deflection. So, accurate measurement of p.d is done using a potentiometer.
A current of 2 A flows in conductors as shown. The potential difference VA - VB will be
Therefore, the red colour will emerge first after travelling through the slab.
The cells support each other. Eeq = E1 + E2 = 1.25 + 0.75 = 2.0V
Potentiometer measures the potential difference more accurately than a voltmeter, because
Potentiometer measures the potential difference using null deflection method, where no current is drawn from the cell; whereas voltmeter needs a small current to show deflection. So, accurate measurement of p.d is done using a potentiometer.
Kirchhoff’s second law is a consequence of
Work done in moving a charge in a closed circuit is zero, therefore the algebraic sum of potential differences in a closed circuit is zero.
It is observed in a potentiometer experiment that no current passes through the galvanometer, when the terminals of the cell are connected across a certain length of the potentiometer wire. On shunting the cell by a 2 Ω resistance, the balancing length is reduced to half. The internal resistance of the cell is
The sensitivity of the potentiometer can be increased by:
A potentiometer is considered to be sensitive if the potential gradient (dV/dl) is low. Such a potentiometer can measure very small changes in potential difference. Increasing the length of the potentiometer wire decreases the potential gradient. Its sensitivity increases. Increasing potential gradient decreases the sensitivity. increasing the emf of the primary cell and by decreasing the length, potential gradient increases.
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