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INTERNALRESISTANCE/EMFOFACELL

Whenacellconnectedinacircuitismadetosendcurrentthroughthe
circuitbyclosingthekey,currentflowsfromthepositivepoletothenegative
poleofthecellintheexternalpartofcircuitandflowsfromthenegative
poletothepositivepolethroughelectrolyteinsidethecell.Duringthe
passageofcurrentthroughtheinteriorofthecell,electrolyteofferssome
resistancetotheflowofcurrent.
Theresistanceofferedbythe
electrodesandtheelectrolytetothepassageofcurrentthroughthe
interiorofthecelliscalledtheinternalresistanceofthecell
Itis
denotedbythesymbolrinanelectriccircuit

Themaximumpotentialdifferencethatexistsbetweentheterminalsofa
cell,whencellisinopencircuiti.e.whenitisnotsendinganycurrent
throughthecircuitiscallede.m.fofthecell.ItisdenotedbythesymbolE

Thepotentialdifferencethatexistsacrosstheterminalsofacellwhenthe
cellissendingcurrentinthecircuit,iscalledtheterminalpotential
differenceofthecell.ItisdenotedbyV

RelationbetweenEandVWhentheinternalresistancerissending
currentIthroughacircuit,then

E = V + I .r

FactorsInfluencingInternalResistance
OfaCell

DistanceBetweentheElectrodes
CommonAreaofElectrodesInsidetheElectrolyte
NatureoftheElectrolyte
AmountofCurrentDrawnfromtheElectrolyte

DISTANCEBETWEENTHEELECTRODES
InternalResistanceofaCellisdirectlyproportionaltothedistancebetween
theelectrodesi.e.thelengthoftheelectrolytethroughwhichcurrent
passesthroughthecell

rL

COMMONAREAOFELECTRODESINSIDETHE
ELECTRODES
Itisinverselyproportionaltothecommonareaofelectrodes(orplates)
dippingintheelectrolyte

r1/A

NATUREOFTHEELECTROLYTE
Internalresistanceofacellisinverselyproportionaltothespecific
conductivityoftheelectrolyte.Specificconductivityisreciprocalofspecific
resistivityorspecificresistanceoftheelectrolyte

r1/
= 1/

AMOUNTOFCURRENTDRAWNFROMACELL
Internalresistanceofacellalsodependsupontheamountofcurrentdrawn
fromthecell.Beyondacertaincriticalvalueofcurrentdrawnfromacell,its
internalresistanceincreaseswiththeincreaseinthevalueofcurrentdrawn
fromit.Thereis,however,nodefinitemathematicalrelationbetweenthe
two

AIM
Tostudyvariousfactorsonwhichinternalresistance/EMFofacell
depends

APPARATUS
Potentiometer,Amultimeter,A9VBattery,Connectingwires,Abulb

THEORY

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