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Resistance of wire at 20°C is 10 Ω. At what temperature, resistance becomes 30 Ω (The temperature coefficient of resistance α=0.0125 °C-1)

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Important Questions on Current Electricity

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A heating element has a resistance of 100 Ω at room temperature. When it is connected to a supply of 220 V, a steady current of 2 A passes in it and temperature is 500 oC more than the room temperature. The temperature coefficient of resistance of the heating element is
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A silver wire has a resistance of 2.7 at 100°C. Determine the temperature coefficient of resistivity of silver.
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Resistance of a resistance thermometer at 0Co is 6Ω. At 100Co is 7Ω and at unknown temperature is 8Ω. Find out unknown temperature.
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The solids which have the negative temperature coefficient of resistance are:
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The figure shows graph between potential difference V and current I of a metallic wire at three different temperature T1, T2 and T3. Which of them will have the least value of temperature?

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The resistance of a conductor at 15°C is 16 Ω and at 100°C is 20 Ω. What will be the temperature coefficient of resistance of the conductor?
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion A: Alloys such as constantan and manganin are used in making standard resistance coils.

Reason R: Constantan and manganin have very small value of temperature coefficient of resistance.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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The temperature dependence of resistance of Cu and undoped Si in the temperature range 300-400 K is best described by
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I and V are respectively the current and voltage in a metal wire of resistance R. The I-V graph for the two different temperatures T1 and T2 are given, then

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The resistance of a wire at 20 °C is 20 Ω and 500 °C is 60 Ω. At which temperature, its resistance will be 25 Ω ?
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In an experiment, the resistance of a material is plotted as a function of temperature (in some range). As shown in the figure, it is a straight line.

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One may conclude that

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The temperature co-efficient of resistance of a wire is 0.00125/°C. Its resistance is Ω at 300 K. At what temperature, its resistance will be Ω?
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What will be the resistance of a wire at 0 degree celsius, if its resistance is 5ohm at 50 degree celsius and 6ohm at 100 degree celsius?
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The resistance of the platinum wire of a platinum resistance thermometer at the ice point is 5 Ω and at steam point is 5.23 Ω. When the thermometer is inserted in a hot bath, the resistance of the platinum wire will be 5.795 Ω. Calculate the temperature of the bath.
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Which of the following quantities does not change when a resistor is heated by passing current through it?
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Which of the following graph represents the variation of resistivity ρ with temperature T for copper?