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Basicrental
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(base units Micrometer

7 SI Base units A tool used for widths thickness
measuring
-




small or
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,




diameters. (e g
. the diameter of a copper
.

wire)

-

Resolution : 0 .
0 Imm



Scales- The main scale : this is the


It
-




on sleeve

I sometimes called the barrel

he thimble scale : this is a rotating scale on


How to read a micrometer the thimble.




Entire force) : is defined as the
energy
transferred from chemical energy

↳ work per unit
charge (E W/Q) =

done to charge carriers when


they gain energy

potential difference : is defined the energy transferred from electrical to other
as
energy
forms , unit charge V = w / Q.
per ,




C. m.t and
in series
parallel
-

Series · Etotal =
E .
+ Ent EstEnt ....




-



Parallel : Etotal =
E .
=
Ec =
Es =
Ex =...



(the amount of charge flowing in the circuit doesn't change
by adding cells in
parallel ,
but

the number of paths the charges can take does

,Internal Resistance : The resistance that all power supplies have between their terminals

=> Not all of the energy transferred to the charge carriers is available to the circuit ,
as some


is transferred to the internal resistance of the cell.

Lost volts : p d .
. across the internal resistor.


E =
V+ In
u

↳ Lost volts

To determine internal resistance
& Connect the cell with internal resistance r in series to an ammeter
and a variable resistor .

& Connect a voltmeter in parallel around the cell .

& Vary the resistance of the variable resistor and record the V and I readings.
⑪ The equation E =
V + Ir is rearranged to V =
E-Ir .




⑤ Plot graph a of terminal p .
d (v) against current (1) and draw a line of best fit.

& They intercept of the graph will be the e m
.
. f of the cell and the negative gradient will be

the internal resistance of the cell
d (v)
p .
.




X
E
-

ive slope =
-r




O
7 Curren + / A




NTC Thermistor
=
Negative temperature coefficient
=> As the temperature of the material increases ,
the resistance of the material decreases
x[(A)
TT = RJ
The thermistor is non-ohmic component
R(c)
X

> p d(U)
.




°

> T( C

, Potential divider
Kirchoff's second Law : the current in a series circuit is constant and the p d. .

splits in a ratio


proportion to the resistance of each component
.

Vin
---




=

Ro R .
** von = R
* e . m . f


< Vout ;




Investigating potential divider

thermistor
using a
&
=




Vin
& place the thermistor in a beaker of ice water.
---




R2 R,
VI

I & Measure the
the voltage
initial

across
temperature
the thermistor.
of the water and record



& Heat the beaker
using a bunsen burner I make sure the water is
v

well-stirred) ,
and record the temperature andout at
regular intervals over a suitable

°

range (e g
. at . 52 intervals over a
range of 0-100 ) .

# Plot a
graph of Vout against the temperature from results.
your
& From the
graph ,


you should see that as the temperature of the water increases ,




Vout decreases.

Using LDR (light dependent resistor
Vin ① Set
---
up the Circuit with LDR and resistor R in series ·




I
& Record the value of the light intensity using the digital
VI

4t
light sensor in a
completely dark room.

& Record the voltage the resistor for this
across
light intensity
V
-
from the voltmeter.

⑪ Using the lamp with a dimmer switch. increase the light intensity slightly and record

the new value recorded by the sensor.


& Record the voltage across the resistor again with this new light intensity
.

& Repeat this process until the light intensity from the lamp cannot be increased further.
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