Chapter 20 - Direct Current Circuit: Pre-U Text Physics Volume 2
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PRE-U TEXT
Physics Volume 2
Chapter 20 Direct Current Circuit
Practice 20
At the end of this chapter you must know the following:
Electromotive Force
Internal Resistance of Sources
Kirchhoffs Laws
Potential Divider
Potentiometer
Wheatstone bridge
STPM : 1999, P1/Q29; 2002, P1/Q5; 2005, P1/Q15; 2005, P1/Q16; 2005, P1/Q18
Reference : Pages 235 to 236
Guide
Electromotive force
Definition Line integral of the non-conservative electric field found within
the source of electrical energy.
E = Ws
q
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Definition of potential difference
VAB = WL unit = J C-1 or Volt (V)
q
Internal resistance of sources
E = I (r + R ) r = internal resistance
Kirchhoffs Laws
n
Ii = 0 (Kirchhoffs Current Law)
i 1
n n
Vi + Ei = 0 (Kirchhoffs Voltage Law)
i 1 i =1
Potential Divider
V1 = R1 E
r + R1 + R2
Potentiometer
V = kl k = constant
l = separation distance of two points on the potentiometer wire
Can be used
to compare the emf of two cells
to measure the internal resistance of an electric cell
to compare low resistances
to measure very low emf
Wheatstone bridge
Can be used to measure an unknown resistance
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