1. A current of 5.0 A exists in a 10 resistor for 4.0 min.

How many (a) coulombs and (b)

electrons pass through any cross section of the resistor in this time?

2. Below is shown cross sections through three long conductors of the same length and

material, with square cross sections of edge lengths as shown. Conductor B will fit within conductor A, and conductor C will fit within conductor B. Rank the following according to their end-to-end resistances, greatest first: the individual conductors and the combinations of A+B, B+C and A+B+C.

2l 3l A B

3. A fuse in an electric circuit is a wire that is designed to melt, and thereby open the circuit,

if the current exceeds a predetermined value. Suppose that the material to be used in a fuse melts when the current density rises to 440 A/square-cm. What diameter of cylindrical wire should be used to make a fuse that will limit the current to 0.50 A ?

4. A coil is formed by winding 250 turns of insulated 16-gauge copper wire (diameter = 1.3

mm) in a single layer on a cylindrical form of radius 12 cm. What is the resistance of the coil? Resistivity of Cu- 1.69 m.

5. A certain wire has a resistance R. What is the resistance of a second wire made of the same material, that is half as long and has half the diameter.

6. Two conductors are made of the same material and have the same length. Conductor A is

a solid wire of diameter 1.0 mm. Conductor B is a hollow tube of outside diameter 2.0 mm and inside diameter 1.0 mm. What is the resistance ratio / measured between their ends?

7. When 115 V is applied across a wire that is 10 m long and has a 0.30 mm radius, the

current density is 1.4

A/m-square. Find the resistivity of the wire.

8. A block in the shape of a rectangular solid has a cross sectional area of 3.50 cm-square

across its width, a front to rear length of 15.8 cm, and a resistance of 935 . The material of which the block is made has 5.33 conduction electrons/ meter-cube. A potential difference of 35.8 V is maintained between its front and rear faces. (a) What is the current in the block? (b) If the current density is uniform, what is its value? (c) What is the drift velocity of the conduction electrons? (d) What is the magnitude of the electric field in the block?

9. An unknown resistor is connected between the terminals of a 3.00 V battery. Energy is

dissipated in the resistor at the rate of 0.540 W. The same resistor is then connected between the terminals of a 1.50 V battery. At what rate is energy now dissipated?

Formula:

Electric current, i=

Current density, J =

J= (ne)

, where

is drift velocity,

Resistance, R =

Resistivity,

R=

, where L= length of the conductor, A= cross sectional area

Power, P= iV P= R, P= (resistive dissipation)

Ohms law: R=