Ohm's Law

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Ohm’s Law Experiment Title : Ohm’s Law Objectives: 1) Use Ohm’s law to determine the voltage, current, and resistance in a circuit. 2) Understand the relationship between voltage and current graphically. 3) Given two quantities, use Ohm’s law to calculate the third unknown quantity. Apparatus: Ohm’s Law simulation by PHET: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/ohms-law/latest/ohms-law_en.html Theory: The law states that the current flowing in a circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to it, provided all physical conditions and temperature, remain constant. V= IR I= V/R R= V/I When voltage is plotted against current, the graph is a straight line with slope = resistance. 1 Georg Simon Ohm (1789 – 1854) German physicist who discovered Ohm’s law, which was named after him. The ohm (Ω) , the physical unit measuring electrical resistance , also was named for him.
Ohm’s Law Procedure: 1. Open link to simulation. 2. Set the resistance constant to 500 Ω. Change the value of the voltage according to table 1 and record the corresponding value of the current. 3. Attach the graph of voltage versus current and calculate the slope. 4. Calculate the percentage error in slope (resistance), taking the real value= 500 Ω. Data Analysis: Voltage/ V Current/ A 2 4.0 mA 4 8.0 mA 5 10.0 mA 6 12.0 mA 8 16.0 mA 9 18.0 mA Slope= 500 δ%= 0 2
Ohm’s Law Questions: 1. As the voltage across a resistor is increased, what happens to the resistance of the resistor? As the voltage across a resistor is increased, the resistance of the resistor remains constant. 2. Describe the relation between each of the following quantities (directly proportional or inversely proportional): a) Voltage and current: directly proportional b) Resistance and current: inversely proportional c) Voltage and resistance: inversely proportional 3. Calculate the current in this circuit: 0.5A 4. Calculate the voltage in this circuit: 5.4V 5. Calculate the resistance of this resistor: 20Ω 3
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Ohm’s Law Conclusion: The online simulation made this lab a lot easier to do and showed the relationship well between the voltage and current. It showed well visually how everything correlates with one another. Ohm’s Law is V=IR, and it is easy to change the formula if you need to find the current (I=V/R) or resistance (R=V/I). Also in Ohm’s Law, the resistance of the resistor remains constant as the voltage across the resistor increases. 4