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write Abstract and introduction about ohm's law experiment (800-100) word:
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Introduction:
Abstract:-
In order to study the conditions under which Ohm’s Law (voltage
drop across a resistor is proportional to the current passing
through it is valid, we measured the voltage-current relations for
a lamp filament and a metal-film resistor. The filament showed
obvious resistance variations as the power through it was
increased, while the metal-film resistor showed a much smaller
effect.
The differences reflect temperature differences in the objects
themselves, which trace back to the different insulation present
for the filament and metal-film resistors.
Introduction:-
Ohm’s Law, V = IR, states that the voltage drop V across a
resistor is proportional to current I passing through the resistor
[1]. The proportionality constant, R, is known as the resistance
and is determined by both material properties (the intrinsic
resistivity) and geometry (length and cross-sectional area of the
active material). This law is one of many with a similar form,
“potential drop” ∝ “current,” that include Fourier’s law of heat
conduction (temperature gradient ∝ heat current) and Fick’s law of
diffusion (chemical-potential gradient ∝ mass current) [2]. All of
these laws are expected to hold when “close
enough” to equilibrium – that is, when the currents that pass are
“small enough.” However, it is not obvious just what “small enough”
means in practice, nor what happens if the required conditions are
not met. In this study, we examine this question in the context of
Ohm’s law, by measuring the electrical resistance of a lamp as the
current through it is increased.
The drastic change in temperature of the bulb’s filament – from
room temperature with no current to white-hot at full current –
leads one to anticipate that out-of-equilibrium effects will be
important. For comparison, we also look at an ordinary metal-film
resistor.