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Assignment- 10.

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1. A bridge has the following constants: arm AB, R = 800 in parallel with C = 0.159 F; BC,

R = 1000 ; CD, R = 500 ; DA, C = 0.636 F in series with an unknown resistance. Find the

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frequency for which the bridge is in balance and the value of resistance in DA to produce balance.

2. A bridge has in arm AB, R = 800 in parallel with C = 0.5 F; BC, R = 400 in series with

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C = 1 F; CD, R = 1000 ; DA, Pure R of unknown value.

(a) Find the frequency for which this bridge is in balance

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(b) Find the resistance required in DA to produce this balance

3. An a/c bridge has pure resistance in 3 arms: R1 in AB, R2 in BC and R3 in DA. Arm CD consist
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of a coil with series components L and R, Paralleled by a variable capacitance C. Derive the

balance conditions for the bridge, to measure the constants of the coil in terms of other
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components. Express Q of the coil in terms of bridge arm constants at balance.

4. A resistance of approximately 3000 is needed to balance a bridge. It is obtained on a five dialed

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box (steps of 1000, 100, 10, 1 and 0.1 ) guaranteed to 0.1%. For this accuracy, how many of
these dials would it be worth adjusting?
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5. A coil of copper wire is measured on a Wheat stone bridge and specified by the operator to have a
resistance of 255.2 . The measurement was made at a temperature of about 20 oC. To what
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degree of exactness must the temperature be known if all figures in the resistance value are to be
regarded as significant? ( =0.00393/oC for copper at 20 oC ).

6. The ratio arms of a Kelvin double bridge are 1000 each. The standard resistance is set at
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0.1000 ; the unknown resistance is 0.1002 . The galvanometer has a resistance of 500 , and a
sensitivity of 0.005 A/mm. A current of 10 A is passed through S and X from a 2.2 V battery in
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series with a rheostat. The resistance of the yoke may be considered negligible.

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(a) What galvanometer deflection is produced

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(b) From the results of (a), What is the resistance unbalance to give a galvanometer
deflection of 1mm?

(c) The ratio arms of a Kelvin double bridge are 1000 each. The galvanometer has a

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resistance of 100 , and a sensitivity of 0.003 A/mm. A current of 10 A is passed
through bridge from a 2.2 V battery in series with a rheostat. The resistance of the yoke
may be considered negligible. The standard resistance is set at 0.1000 , The

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galvanometer gives a deflection of 25 mm. By how much does the unknown differ in
resistance from the standard?

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7. A Kelvin double bridge has 2 ratio arms available of each of following values, 100, 500, 1000,
10,000 , guaranteed to 0.05 %. The adjustable standard has 9 steps of 0.001 each ( 0.05 %),
and a calibrated bar of 0.0011 with a 110 division scale (any setting guaranteed to 2 ).

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A DC ammeter shunt, rated 50 mV, 200 A full scale is to be measured on this bridge
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(a) Select ratio arms you would use
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(b) Make a complete circuit diagram, showing all equipment needed for the test. A 2.2 V
storage battery is available.
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(c) For the settings you have selected, find the possible uncertainty in X caused by the
uncertainty in the standard, and expressed a percentage of X. What additional error may
be caused by errors in the ratio arms? (Consider that the 2 arms of each value are
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matched to a negligible difference).

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