Potentiometer
Potentiometer: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Potentiometer, To Find EMF of an Unknown Battery Using Potentiometer, To Compare EMFs of Two Unknown Batteries Using Potentiometer and To Find Internal Resistance of an Unknown Battery Using Potentiometer.
Important Questions on Potentiometer
The emf of a cell is and its internal resistance is . A resistance of is joined to battery in parallel. This is connected in secondary circuit of potentiometer. If standard cell balances for of potentiometer wire, the balance point of above cell is

A potentiometer can measure emf of a cell because :

A cell of is balanced at . Then what is balanced length for ideal cell of ?

The potential gradient of potentiometer is . current of is flowing through coil of resistance. The balancing length in meters for the at the ends of this coil will be

The length of a wire of a potentiometer is and the emf of its standard cell is . It is employed to measure the emf of a battery whose internal resistance is . If the balance point is

Resistivity of potentiometer wire is and its area of cross-section is When a current flows through the wire, its potential gradient is :

When a cell is balanced on potentiometer wire, then balancing length is If resistance of is connected across the ends of cell, then balancing length is then internal resistance of cell is

A cell is balanced at of a potentiometer wire when the total length of the wire is If the length of the potentiometer wire is increased by then the new balancing length for the cell will be (Assume pd across potentiometer wire is constant)

If the specific resistance of a potentiometer wire is , the current flowing through it is and the cross-sectional area of the wire is then, the potential gradient will be

A standard cell of is balanced by the PD across of a meter long wire supplied by a cell of emf through a series resistor of resistance . If the internal resistance of the cell in the primary circuit is zero then the resistance per unit length of potentiometer wire is

In a potentiometer the balancing with a cell is at length of . On shunting the cell with a resistance of balance length becomes. Then the value of internal resistance of this cell is

The temperature coefficient of resistance of a potentiometer wire should be,

In a potentiometer experiment, the emf of a cell is balanced at length. Another cell of same emf is connected parallel to it, then, new balancing length will be,

Figure shows a potentiometer. Length of the potentiometer wire is and its resistance is . EMF of the battery is . A resistance of draws current from the potentiometer. What is the voltage across when the sliding contact is at the mid-point of ?

A potentiometer is an accurate and versatile device to make electrical measurements of E.M.F, because the method involves:

In a potentiometer experiment, the balancing with a cell is at a length of . On shunting the cell with a resistance of the balancing length becomes . The internal resistance of the cell is :-

The potentiometer wire long and resistance is connected to a emf battery and a resistance. The value of potential gradient in of the wire will be

A potentiometer is an accurate and versatile device to make electrical measurements of E.M.F, because the method involves

Potential gradient remains constant until:

Null point in galvanometer is obtained when a cell of emf and internal resistance is connected across the length of wire of potentiometer. Now a resistance of is connected across the terminals of the cell (by closing the key ) and null point is obtained against the length of . Then the internal resistance rof the cell is:
