Spring 2013 Physics 2 (PHYN002) Classroom Assignment 5 2. (I) A service station charges a battery using a current of 6.

7-A for 5.0 h. How much charge passes through the battery? (Ans. 1.2x105 C) 3. (I) What is the current in amperes if 1200 Na+ ions flow across a cell membrane in 3.5 s? The charge on the sodium is the same as on an electron, but positive. (Ans. 5.5x10-11 A) 5. (II) An electric clothes dryer has a heating element with a resistance of 8.6 . (a) What is the current in the element when it is connected to 240 V? (b) How much charge passes through the element in 50 min? (Assume direct current.) (Ans. 28 A, 8.4x104 C) 7. (II) A 4.5-V battery is connected to a bulb whose resistance is 1.6 . How many electrons leave the battery per minute?(Ans. 1.1x1021 electrons/minute) 8. (II) A bird stands on a dc electric transmission line carrying 3100 A. The line has 2.5 X 10-5 resistance per meter, and the bird's feet are 4.0 cm apart. What is the potential difference between the bird's feet?(Ans. 3.1x10-3 V) 9. (II) A 12- V battery causes a current of 0.60 A through a resistor. (a) What is its resistance, and (b) how many joules of energy does the battery lose in a minute? (Ans. 20 , 430 J) 10. (II) An electric device draws 6.50 A at 240 V. (a) If the voltage drops by 15%, what will be the current, assuming nothing else changes? (b) If the resistance of the device were reduced by 15%, what current would be drawn at 240 V? (Ans. 5.5 A, 7.6 A) 11. (I) What is the diameter of a 1.00-m length of tungsten wire whose resistance is 0.32 ? (Ans. 4.7x10-4 m) 12. (I) What is the resistance of a 4.5-m length of copper wire 1.5 mm in diameter?(Ans. 4.3x10-2 ) 22. (II) A rectangular solid made of carbon has sides of lengths 1.0 cm, 2.0 cm, and 4.0 cm, lying along the x, y, and z axes, respectively. Determine the resistance for current through the solid in (a) the x direction, (b) the y direction, and (c) the z direction. Assume the resistivity is = 3.0 X 10-5 .m. (Ans. a) 3.8x10-4 , b) 1.5x10-3 , c) 6x10-3 )
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23. (II) A length of aluminum wire is connected to a precision 10.00-V power supply, and a current of 0.4212 A is precisely measured at 20.0C. The wire is placed in a new environment of unknown temperature where the measured current is 0.3818 A. What is the unknown temperature? (Ans. 44.1oC) 27. (III) Determine a formula for the total resistance of a spherical shell made of material whose conductivity is and whose inner and outer radii are r1 and r2. Assume the current is radially outward. (Ans.

30. (III) A hollow cylindrical resistor with inner radius r1 and outer radius r2, and length , is made of a material whose resistivity is . (a) Show that the resistance is given by

( ) for current

that is radially outward. [Hint: Divide the resistor into concentric cylindrical shells and integrate.] (b) Evaluate the resistance R for such a resistor made of carbon whose inner and outer radii are 1.0 mm and 1.8 mm and whose length is 2.4 cm. (Choose = 15 X 10-5 m.) (c) What is the resistance in part (b) for current flowing parallel to the axis? (Ans. 5.8x10-4 , 0.51 ) 31. (I) What is the maximum power consumption of a 3.0-V portable CD player that draws a maximum of 270 mA of current? (Ans. 0.81 W) 32. (I) The heating element of an electric oven is designed to produce 3.3 kW of heat when connected to a 240-V source. What must be the resistance of the element?(Ans. 17 ) 57. (II) A 0.65-mm-diameter copper wire carries a tiny current of 2.3A. Estimate (a) the electron drift velocity, (b) the current density, and (c) the electric field in the wire. (Ans. 5.1x10-10 m/s, 6.9 A/m2, 1.2x10-7 V/m) 58. (II) A 5.80-m length of 2.0-mm-diameter wire carries a 750-mA current when 22.0 m V is applied to its ends. If the drift velocity is 1.7 X 10-5 m/s, determine (a) the resistance R of the wire, (b) the resistivity , (c) the current density j, (d) the electric field inside the wire, and (e) the number n of free electrons per unit volume. (Ans. 0.029 , 1.6x10-8 .m, 2.4x105 A/m2, 3.8x10-3 V/m ,8.8x1028 electrons/m3)

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