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Chapter 31. Current and Resistance

Chapter 31. Current and Resistance. Lights, sound systems, microwave ovens, and computers are all connected by wires to a battery or an electrical outlet. How and why does electric current flow through a wire?

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Chapter 31. Current and Resistance

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  1. Chapter 31. Current and Resistance Lights, sound systems, microwave ovens, and computers are all connected by wires to a battery or anelectrical outlet. How and why does electric current flow through a wire? Chapter Goal: To learnhow and why charge moves through a conductor as what we call a current.

  2. Chapter 31.Current and Resistance Topics: • The Electron Current • Creating a Current • Current and Current Density • Conductivity and Resistivity • Resistance and Ohm’s Law

  3. Chapter 31. Reading Quizzes

  4. What quantity is represented by the symbol J ? • Resistivity • Conductivity • Current density • Complex impedance • Johnston’s constant

  5. What quantity is represented by the symbol J ? • Resistivity • Conductivity • Current density • Complex impedance • Johnston’s constant

  6. The electron drift speed in a typical current-carrying wire is • extremely slow (≈10–4 m/s). • moderate (≈ 1 m/s). • very fast (≈104 m/s). • Could be any of A, B, or C. • No numerical values were provided.

  7. The electron drift speed in a typical current-carrying wire is • extremely slow (≈10–4 m/s). • moderate (≈ 1 m/s). • very fast (≈104 m/s). • Could be any of A, B, or C. • No numerical values were provided.

  8. All other things being equal, current will be larger in a wire that has a larger value of • conductivity. • resistivity. • the coefficient of current. • net charge. • potential.

  9. All other things being equal, current will be larger in a wire that has a larger value of • conductivity. • resistivity. • the coefficient of current. • net charge. • potential.

  10. The equation I = ∆V/R is called • Ampère’s law. • Ohm’s law. • Faraday’s law. • Weber’s law.

  11. The equation I = ∆V/R is called • Ampère’s law. • Ohm’s law. • Faraday’s law. • Weber’s law.

  12. Chapter 31. Basic Content and Examples

  13. The Electron Current • Pushing on the sea of electrons with an electric field    causes the entire sea of electrons to move in one direction    like a gas or liquid flowing through a pipe. • This net motion, which takes place at the drift speed vd,is superimposed on top of the random thermal motions of    the individual electrons. • The electron current is the number of electrons per    second that pass through a cross section of a wire or other    conductor. ne is the number density of electrons. • The electron current in a wire of cross-sectional area A is

  14. EXAMPLE 31.1 The size of the electron current QUESTION:

  15. EXAMPLE 31.1 The size of the electron current

  16. EXAMPLE 31.1 The size of the electron current

  17. Creating a Current The average speed at which the electrons are pushed along by an electric field is Where τ is the mean time between collisions, and m is the mass of the electron. The electron current is then

  18. EXAMPLE 31.3 The electron current in a copper wire QUESTION:

  19. EXAMPLE 31.3 The electron current in a copper wire

  20. EXAMPLE 31.3 The electron current in a copper wire

  21. EXAMPLE 31.3 The electron current in a copper wire

  22. Current If Q is the total amount of charge that has moved past a point in a wire, we define the current I in the wire to be the rate of charge flow: The SI unit for current is the coulomb per second, which is called the ampere. 1 ampere = 1 A = 1 C/s. The conventional current I and the electron current ie are related by

  23. EXAMPLE 31.4 The current in a copper wire QUESTION:

  24. EXAMPLE 31.4 The current in a copper wire

  25. The Current Density in a Wire The current densityJ in a wire is the current per square meter of cross section: The current density has units of A/m2.

  26. Kirchhoff’s Junction Law For a junction, the law of conservation of current requires that where the Σ symbol means summation. This basic conservation statement – that the sum of the currents into a junction equals the sum of the currents leaving – is called Kirchhoff’s junction law.

  27. Conductivity and Resistivity The conductivity of a material is Conductivity, like density, characterizes a material as a whole. The current density J is related to the electric field E by: The resistivity tells us how reluctantly the electrons move in response to an electric field:

  28. EXAMPLE 31.7 Mean time between collisions QUESTION:

  29. EXAMPLE 31.7 Mean time between collisions

  30. Resistance and Ohm’s Law The resistance of a long, thin conductor of length L and cross=sectional area A is The SI unit of resistance is the ohm. 1 ohm = 1 Ω = 1 V/A. The current through a conductor is determined by the potential difference ΔV along its length:

  31. EXAMPLE 31.8 The current in a nichrome wire QUESTION:

  32. EXAMPLE 31.8 The current in a nichrome wire

  33. EXAMPLE 31.8 The current in a nichrome wire

  34. Ohm’s Law • Ohm’s law is limited to those materials whose resistance    R remains constant—or very nearly so—during use. • The materials to which Ohm’s law applies are called    ohmic. • The current through an ohmic material is directly    proportional to the potential difference. Doubling the    potential difference doubles the current. • Metal and other conductors are ohmic devices.

  35. EXAMPLE 31.9 A battery and a resistor QUESTION:

  36. EXAMPLE 31.9 A battery and a resistor

  37. Chapter 31. Summary Slides

  38. General Principles

  39. General Principles

  40. General Principles

  41. Important Concepts

  42. Important Concepts

  43. Important Concepts

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