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The document outlines an experiment to investigate inductive reactance, focusing on its relationship with inductance and frequency. It includes theoretical background, equipment and components needed, a detailed procedure for measuring reactance, and data collection tables. Additionally, it poses questions regarding the relationships and effects observed during the experiment.

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Inductive Reactance

Objective
Inductive reactance will be examined in this exercise. In particular, its relationship to inductance and
frequency will be investigated, including a plot of inductive reactance versus frequency.

Theory Overview
The current – voltage characteristic of an inductor is unlike that of typical resistors. While resistors show
a constant resistance value over a wide range of frequencies, the equivalent ohmic value for an inductor,
known as inductive reactance, is directly proportional to frequency. The inductive reactance may be
computed via the formula:
XL j2fL

The magnitude of inductive reactance may be determined experimentally by feeding an inductor a known
current, measuring the resulting voltage, and dividing the two, following Ohm’s law. This process may be
repeated a across a range of frequencies in order to obtain a plot of inductive reactance versus frequency.
An AC current source may be approximated by placing a large resistance in series with an AC voltage,
the resistance being considerably larger than the maximum reactance expected.

Equipment
(1) AC function generator model:________________ srn:__________________
(1) Oscilloscope model:________________ srn:__________________
(1) DMM model:________________ srn:__________________

Components
(1) 3 mH actual:__________________
(1) 50 mH actual:__________________
(1) 10 k actual:__________________

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Schematics

Figure 5.1

Procedure

Current Source

1. Using figure 5.1 with Vin=10 V p-p and R=10 k, and assuming that the reactance of the inductor is
much smaller than 10k and can be ignored, determine the circulating current using measured
component values and record in Table 5.1. Also, measure the DC coil resistances of the inductors
using an ohmmeter or DMM and record in Table 5.1.

Measuring Reactance

2. Build the circuit of figure 5.1 using R=10 k, and L=3 mH. Place one probe across the generator and
another across the inductor. Set the generator to a 1000 Hz sine wave and 10 V p-p. Make sure that
the Bandwidth Limit of the oscilloscope is engaged for both channels. This will reduce the signal
noise and make for more accurate readings.

3. Calculate the theoretical value of XL using the measured inductor value and record in Table 5.2.

4. Record the peak-to-peak inductor voltage and record in Table 5.2.

5. Using the source current from Table 5.1 and the measured inductor voltage, determine the
experimental reactance and record it in Table 5.2. Also compute and record the deviation.

6. Repeat steps three through five for the remaining frequencies of Table 5.2.

Laboratory Manual for AC Electrical Circuit Analysis 43


7. Replace the 50 mH inductor with the 3 mH unit and repeat steps two through six, recording results in
Table 5.3.

8. Using the data of Tables 5.2 and 5.3, create plots of inductive reactance versus frequency.

Data Tables

isource(p-p)

Rcoil of 50 mH

Rcoil of 3 mH

Table 5.1

Frequency XL Theory VL(p-p) Exp XL Exp % Dev


50 Hz
Questions
1. What is the relationship between inductive reactance and frequency?

2. What is the relationship between inductive reactance and inductance?

3. If the 10 mH trial had been repeated with frequencies 10 times higher than those in Table 5.2, what
effect would that have on the experiment?

4. Do the coil resistances have any effect on the plots?

Laboratory Manual for AC Electrical Circuit Analysis 45

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