As we know,
(1) The formula of the volume of the cylinder is given by
\(V=\pi r^{2} l\)
Where \(V\) is the volume of the cylinder, \(r\) is the radius of the cylinder and \(l\) is the length of the cylinder.
(2) The formula of the Poisson’s ratio is given by
\(\sigma=\frac{\Delta r}{\Delta l}\)
Where \(\sigma\) is the Poisson's ratio, \(\Delta r\) is the change in the radius after stretching and \(\Delta l\) is the change in the length after stretching.
It is given that there is no change in the volume of the wire when stretching.
Since the wire is in the form of the cylinder, the formula of the cylinder is used.
\(V=\pi r^{2} l\)
Differentiating the above formula with respect to the radius and the length of the wire, we get
\(\Rightarrow d V=2 \pi r l d r+\pi r^{2} d l\)
Since there is no change in the volume, \(dV=0\)
\(\Rightarrow 2 \pi r l d r+\pi r^{2} d l=0\)
By solving the above equation, we get
\(\Rightarrow \frac{d r}{r}=-\frac{1}{2} \frac{d l}{l}\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{\frac{d r}{d l}}{\frac{r}{l}}=-\frac{1}{2}\)
From the formula of the Poisson’s ratio, we get
\(\Rightarrow \sigma=-\frac{1}{2}\)
The negative value of the Poisson’s ratio indicates that when the length of the wire is increased by stretching, the radius of the wire decreases. From the above explanation, we get
\(\Rightarrow \sigma=0.5\)