Factors affecting the resistance of a wire Introduction: Resistance is a force‚ which opposes the flow of an electric current around a circuit. Resistance is measured in Ohms. George Ohm discovered that a circuit sometimes resists the flow of electricity. He called this ’RESISTANCE.’ He even came up with a rule for working out the resistance of a circuit‚ which was: R= V ÷ I V- Volts I- Current R- Resistance Ohms law says the more resistance means more energy is needed for the current to
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Aim: To investigate the factors that affect the resistance in a conductor. The main factors that affect the resistance in a conductor are: · Length · Temperature · Cross sectional area · Material · Magnetism The factor that we are going to change is the cross sectional area. Hypothesis: I think that the higher the cross sectional area‚ the lower the resistance in the conductor will be. This is because the Resistance in a metal conductor happens because as the electrons move through the material
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Physics Coursework- Ohm’s Law Aim: To investigate the factors of affecting the resistance of a wire. In this experiment I will be using a metal nichrome wire to show the resistance when the length and width is changed. Variables Variables that I am going to keep the same. Variables that I am going to change. Width- 0.36mm2 Material- Nichrome wire Voltage- 2V Temperature- Room Temperature Length- 10cm‚ 20 cm‚ 30cm‚ 40cm‚ 50cm Material- Nichrome Length- 50cm Voltage- 2V Temperature- Room
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What factors affect the resistance of a piece of wire? What I am going to investigate is‚ what factors affect the resistance of a piece of wire. To start this experiment I will need the following equipments: Power pack Ammeter Voltmeter 1 meter ruler (100cm) 110cm of wire Crocodile clips This shows how the equipment will be set up. A V I will measure the Voltage and also Current of the wire. Once I have recorded the results
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Physics Coursework Objective: My objective in this experiment is to investigate one of the factors that affect the resistance of a piece of wire; the one I am investing is the length at constant temperature. My objective in this experiment is to investigate one of the factors that affect the resistance of a piece of wire. The factor I chose was length. Factors: There our four different things that affect the resistance of a wire: 1. The Length because the wire is thinner than the
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Introduction The resistance of a wire depends on certain factors. Some of these variables are listed below: Length of wire Diameter or thickness of wire Temperature at which wire is kept The material of which wire is made out of. The potential difference or voltage. Humidity Cross sectional area. Voltage across circuit All these factors will have to be kept constant except the diameter of the wire whilst doing the experiment to ensure that the investigation is
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Factors Affecting The Resistance Of Wire Aim: To investigate the factors that affect the resistance in a conductor. The main factors that affect the resistance in a conductor are: · Length · Temperature · Cross sectional area · Material · Magnetism The factor that we are going to change is the cross sectional area. Hypothesis: I think that the higher the cross sectional area‚ the lower the resistance in the conductor will be. This is because the Resistance in a metal conductor happens
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The resistance of a wire Planning:- Introduction: To investigate the resistance of a wire at different lengths to see whether or not a longer wire has a larger resistance than a shorter wire. Apparatus: Wire Voltmeter Ammeter Battery 2 crocodile clips Metre rule Variable resistor Diagram: Variables: Length Thickness Resistance Material The material and diameter of the wire needs to be kept constant to keep the test fair as we are investigating resistance. The
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Investigating the Resistance Of A Wire A simple investigation of the factors affecting the resistance of a wire. For each student group Cells‚ 1.5 V‚ with holders‚ 2 Crocodile clips‚ 2 Ammeter (0 - 1 amp)‚ DC Leads‚ 4 mm‚ 5 Wire available for class use (see technical notes) Power supply‚ 0 to 12 V‚ DC (OPTIONAL) Metre rule (OPTIONAL) Insulating tape (OPTIONAL) Digital and analogue ammeters‚ 0-1 A (OPTIONAL) Digital and analogue voltmeters‚ 0-12 V (OPTIONAL) Micrometer (OPTIONAL)
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Preliminary Investigation: Aim: To investigate the main problems with my main experiment and to see how to resolve these. Preliminary Method: 1. Setup Equipment 2. Make Circuit with the set length of wire 3. Draw Results table 4. Record Results 5. Change the lengths of wire and do same steps 2 more times. Preliminary Equipment: Metre Ruler Metre length Of wire Voltmeter Ammeter Power Unit Sellotape Paper‚ Pencil Preliminary Diagram: Preliminary Investigation:
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