When a straight wire is heated, its resistance changes according to the equation R = R 0?
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When a straight wire is heated, its resistance changes according to the equation
R = R0?[1 + ?(T ? T0)]
(Eq. 17.7), where is the temperature coefficient of resistivity.
(a) Show that a more precise result, which includes the fact that the length and area of a wire change when it is heated, is
where ?? is the coefficient of linear expansion.
(b) Compare the two results for a 2.00-m-long copper wire of radius 0.100 mm, starting at 20.0?C and heated to 100.0?C.
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College Physics
ISBN: 978-0495113690
7th Edition
Authors: Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn, Chris Vuille, Charles A. Bennett
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