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PHYSICS LAB V

LABORATORY REPORT VI

NAME : RAVEVARMEN ELANGGO ID. NO : 1000050 TITLE : KIRCHHOFF’S LAW

DATE : 08/05/2013

LECTURER : MS. FATIN HANA NANING

Objective To verify Kirchhoff’s Laws by comparing voltages obtained from a real circuit to those predicted by Kirchhoff’s Law.

Theory Ohm's Law describes the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance in simple circuits. Many circuits are more complex and cannot be solved with Ohm's Law. These circuits have many power sources and branches which would make the use of Ohm's Law impractical or impossible. In 1857 the German physicist Gustav Kirchhoff developed methods to solve complex circuits. Kirchhoff produced two conclusions known today as Kirchhoff's Laws. Kirchhoff's two laws describe the unique relationship between current, voltage, and resistance in complex electrical circuits. Kirchhoff's Current Law The current arriving at any junction point in a circuit is equal to the current leaving that junction. Stated another way: No matter how many paths into and out of a single point, all the current leaving that point must equal the current arriving at that point. This law is sometimes called the junction rule. Junction Law, ∑junction I=0 ------------ (1) Kirchhoff's Voltage Law The algebraic sum of the voltages around any closed path is zero. Stated another way: The voltage drops around any closed loop must equal the applied voltages. This law is sometimes called the loop rule. Loop Law, ∑loop ∆v = 0 -----------------(2) Kirchhoff's Laws can be related to conservation of energy and charge if we look at a circuit with one load and source. Since the load consumes all of the power provided from the

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