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What are the disadvantages of a potentiometer?

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Disadvantages of a potentiometer over a voltmeter:

  1. A potentiometer is an indirect measurement instrument, whereas a voltmeter is a direct reading instrument.
  2. A potentiometer is unwieldy while a voltmeter is portable.
  3. Unlike a voltmeter, a potentiometer requires a standard source of emf and calibration to measure an unknown emf.
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अध्याय 9: Current Electricity - Exercises [पृष्ठ २२८]

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बालभारती Physics [English] Standard 12 Maharashtra State Board
अध्याय 9 Current Electricity
Exercises | Q 2.11 | पृष्ठ २२८

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A potentiometer wire has resistance of per unit length of 0.1 Ω/m. A cell of e.m.f. 1.5 V balances against a 300 cm length of the wire. Find the current in the potentiometer wire.


State the advantages of potentiometer over voltmeter.


SI unit of potential gradient is _______.

(a) V cm

(b) `V/"cm"`

(c) Vm

(d) `V/m`

 


(i) State the principle on which a potentiometer works. How can a given potentiometer be made more sensitive?

(ii) In the graph shown below for two potentiometers, state with reason which of the two potentiometers, A or B, is more sensitive.

State the underlying principle of a potentiometer ?


State the principle of a potentiometer. Define potential gradient. Obtain an expression for potential gradient in terms of resistivity of the potentiometer wire.


State the working principle of a potentiometer. With the help of the circuit diagram, explain how a potentiometer is used to compare the emf's of two primary cells. Obtain the required expression used for comparing the emfs.


Write two possible causes for one sided deflection in a potentiometer experiment.


Two students ‘X’ and ‘Y’ perform an experiment on potentiometer separately using the circuit given below:

Keeping other parameters unchanged, how will the position of the null point be affected if

(i) ‘X’ increases the value of resistance R in the set-up by keeping the key K1 closed and the Key K2 opens?

(ii) ‘Y’ decreases the value of resistance S in the set-up, while the key K2 remains open and they K1 closed?

Justify.


The potentiometer wire AB shown in the figure is 50 cm long. When AD = 30 cm, no deflection occurs in the galvanometer. Find R.


In a potentiometer experiment, the balancing length with a resistance of 2Ω is found to be 100 cm, while that of an unknown resistance is 500 cm. Calculate the value of the unknown resistance. 


How is potential gradient measured? Explain.


Distinguish between a potentiometer and a voltmeter.


What will be the effect on the position of zero deflection if only the current flowing through the potentiometer wire is increased?


Describe with the help of a neat circuit diagram how you will determine the internal resistance of a cell by using a potentiometer. Derive the necessary formula.


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A potential drop per unit length along a wire is 5 × 10−3 V/m. If the emf of a cell balances against length 216 cm of this potentiometer wire, find the emf of the cell.


Why is a potentiometer preferred over a voltmeter for measuring emf?


When the null point is obtained in the potentiometer, the current is drawn from the ______  


If the potential gradient of a wire decreases, then its length ______  


What are the disadvantages of a potentiometer over a voltmeter?


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In a potentiometer experiment, when the galvanometer shows no deflection, then no current flows through ____________.


The potentiometer is more sensitive, when ______.


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The length of a wire of a potentiometer is 100 cm, and the e.m.f of its standard cell is E volt. It is employed to measure the e.m.f of a battery whose internal resistance is 0.5 `Omega` If the balance point is obtained at `l`= 30 cm from the positive end, the e.m.f of the battery is ____________.

where 'i' is the current in the potentiometer


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Potentiometer measures the potential difference more accurately than a voltmeter, because ______.


A battery is connected with a potentiometer wire. The internal resistance of the battery is negligible. If the length of the potentiometer wire of the same material and radius is doubled then ______.


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For measuring voltage of any circuit, potentiometer is preferred to voltmeter because ______.

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Specific resistance of a conductor increase with.


1°C rise in temperature is observed in a conductor by passing a certain current. If the current is double then the rise in temperature is approximately.


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For the circuit shown, with R1 = 1.0 Ω, R2 = 2.0 Ω, E1 = 2 V, and E2 = E3 = 4 V, the potential difference between the points 'a' and 'b' is approximately (in V) ______.


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What is the effect of decreasing the current through the potentiometer on the null point?


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What should be the diameter of a soap bubble such that the excess pressure inside it is 51.2 Pa? [Surface tension of soap solution = 3.2 × 10−2 N/m]


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