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What is the advantage of using thick metallic strips to join wires in a potentiometer?

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What is the advantage of using thick metallic strips to join wires in a potentiometer?

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The metal strips have low resistance and need not be counted in the potentiometer length l1 of the null point. One measures only their lengths along the straight segments (of lengths 1 meter each). This is easily done with the help of centimeter rulings or meter ruler and leads to accurate measurements.

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Chapter 3: Current Electricity - MCQ I [Page 19]

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NCERT Exemplar Physics [English] Class 12
Chapter 3 Current Electricity
MCQ I | Q 3.15 | Page 19

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