Physics II Problems PDF
Physics II Problems PDF
Physics II Problems PDF
PROBLEMS
25.55 . An electrical conductor designed to carry large currents
has a circular cross section 2.50 mm in diameter and is 14.0 m
long. The resistance between its ends is 0.104 . (a) What is the
resistivity of the material? (b) If the electric-eld magnitude in the
conductor is 1.28 V>m, what is the total current? (c) If the material has 8.5 * 10 28 free electrons per cubic meter, nd the average
drift speed under the conditions of part (b).
25.56 .. A plastic tube 25.0 m long and 3.00 cm in diameter is
dipped into a silver solution, depositing a layer of silver 0.100 mm
thick uniformly over the outer surface of the tube. If this coated tube
is then connected across a 12.0-V battery, what will be the current?
25.57 .. On your rst day at work as an electrical technician, you
are asked to determine the resistance per meter of a long piece of
wire. The company you work for is poorly equipped. You nd a
battery, a voltmeter, and an ammeter, but no meter for directly
measuring resistance (an ohmmeter). You put the leads from the
voltmeter across the terminals of the battery, and the meter reads
12.6 V. You cut off a 20.0-m length of wire and connect it to the
battery, with an ammeter in series with it to measure the current in
the wire. The ammeter reads 7.00 A. You then cut off a 40.0-m
length of wire and connect it to the battery, again with the ammeter
in series to measure the current. The ammeter reads 4.20 A. Even
though the equipment you have available to you is limited, your
boss assures you of its high quality: The ammeter has very small
resistance, and the voltmeter has very large resistance. What is the
resistance of 1 meter of wire?
25.58 . A 2.0-mm length of wire is made by welding the end of a
120-cm-long silver wire to the end of an 80-cm-long copper wire.
Each piece of wire is 0.60 mm in diameter. The wire is at room
temperature, so the resistivities are as given in Table 25.1. A potential difference of 5.0 V is maintained between the ends of the
2.0-m composite wire. (a) What is the current in the copper section?
(b) WhatS is the current in the silver section? (c) What isSthe magnitude of E in the copper? (d) What is the magnitude of E in the silver? (e) What is the potential difference between the ends of the
silver section of wire?
25.59 . A 3.00-m length of copper wire at 20C has a 1.20-mlong section with diameter 1.60 mm and a 1.80-m-long section
with diameter 0.80 mm. There is a current of 2.5 mA in the 1.60mm-diameter section. (a) What is the current in the S
0.80-mmdiameter section? (b) What is the magnitude of E Sin the
1.60-mm-diameter section? (c) What is the magnitude of E in the
0.80-mm-diameter section? (d) What is the potential difference
between the ends of the 3.00-m length of wire?
25.60 . Critical Current Density in Superconductors. One
problem with some of the newer high-temperature superconductors is getting a large enough current density for practical use without causing the resistance to reappear. The maximum current
density for which the material will remain a superconductor is
called the critical current density of the material. In 1987, IBM
research labs had produced thin lms with critical current densities
of 1.0 * 10 5 A>cm2. (a) How much current could an 18-gauge wire
(see Example 25.1 in Section 25.1) of this material carry and still
remain superconducting? (b) Researchers are trying to develop
superconductors with critical current densities of 1.0 * 10 6 A>cm2.
What diameter cylindrical wire of such a material would be needed to
carry 1000 A without losing its superconductivity?
25.61 .. CP A Nichrome heating element that has resistance
28.0 is connected to a battery that has emf 96.0 V and internal