Reactance and Impedance

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Reactance and Impedance: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Pure Inductance AC Circuit,Phase Difference in Voltage and Current in Pure Inductance,Graph of Voltage and Current Versus ωt in Pure Inductive Circuit etc.

Important Questions on Reactance and Impedance

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An a.c. source, of voltage V=Vm sin ωt, is applied across a series LCR circuit. Which of the following is the phasor diagram for the circuit when capacitative impedance exceeds the inductive impedance?

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An a.c. voltage of 100 V, 50 Hz is connected across 20 Ω resistor and 2 mH inductor in series. What is the impedance of the circuit?

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In a series LCR circuit, the voltages across an inductor, a capacitor, and a resistor are 30 V, 30 V and 60 V respectively. The phase difference between the applied voltage and the current in the circuit is

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When an inductor L and a resistor R in series are connected across a 12 V, 50 Hz supply a current of 0.5 A flows in the circuit. The current differs in phase from applied voltage by  π3 radian. The value of R is 

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In a series LCR circuit, the voltage across an inductor, capacitor and resistor are 20 V, 20 V and 40 V respectively. What is the phase difference between the applied voltage and the current in the circuit?

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An inductor of inductance 2 mH is connected to a 220 V, 50 Hz a.c. source. Let the inductive reactance in the circuit be X1. If a 220 V dc source replaces the ac source in the circuit, then the inductive reactance in the circuit is X2. X1 and X2, respectively are:

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An ac source is connected to a capacitor C. Due to decrease in its operating frequency:

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In a series LCR circuit, the inductance L is 10 mH, capacitance C is 1 μF and resistance R is 100 Ω. The frequency at which resonance occurs is:

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The net impedance of circuit (as shown in figure) will be:

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As per the given graph, choose the correct representation for curve A and curve B
{Where XC= Reactance of pure capacitive circuit connected with A.C. source
XL= Reactance of pure inductive circuit connected with A.C. source
R= Impedance of pure resistive circuit connected with A.C. source
Z= Impedance of the LCR series circuit }

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Maximum power is dissipated in a circuit containing an inductor, a capacitor and a resistor connected in series with an AC source, when resonance occurs.

Statement II: Maximum power is dissipated in a circuit containing pure resistor due to zero phase difference between current and voltage.

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

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A capacitor of capacitance 150.0 μF is connected to an alternating source of emf given by E=36 sin120πt V. The maximum value of current in the circuit is approximately equal to:

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The variation of impedance (Z) with angular frequency (ω) for two electrical elements is shown in the graph given.

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If XL, XC and R are inductive reactance, capacitive reactance and resistance respectively, then

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In the givenI-V graph of an a.c. circuit, the circuit may be

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A series RC circuit with 300 Ω resistance 250 μF capacitance is connected to A.C. supply of 220V, 50 Hz. Find the current in the circuit and potential difference across the resistor and the capacitor.

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Coil is connected to an ac source through a 60 Ω resistance in series. The source voltage, voltage across the coil and voltage across the resistance are found to be 33 V, 27 V and 12 V respectively. Therefore, the resistance of the coil is

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Find the voltage across the various elements, i.e. resistance, capacitance and inductance which are in series and having values 1000 Ω1 μF and 2.0 H, respectively. Given emf is V= 1002 sin1000 t volt.

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In the circuit shown in the figure switch S is closed at time t=0. Select the correct statement
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The phase difference δ between input between input V1 and output voltage V0 dor the following circuit in (i) and (ii) will be

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Given below are two statements:
Statement-I: In an ac circuit, the current through a capacitor leads the voltage across it.
Statement-II: In a.c. circuits containing pure capacitance only, the phase difference between the current and the voltage is π In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: