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The expression of resistance of temperature dependence in a metallic wire is
The expression of resistance of temperature dependence in a metallic wire is
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The correct option is D R=R0[1+α(T−T0)]
The electrical resistance of an electrical conductor is the opposition to the passage of an electric current through that conductor.
The reasons for these changes in resistivity can be explained by considering the flow of current through the material. The flow of current is actually the movement of electrons from one atom to another under the influence of an electric field. Electrons are very small negatively charged particles and will be repelled by a negative electric charge and attracted by a positive electric charge. Therefore if an electric potential is applied across a conductor (positive at one end, negative at the other) electrons will "migrate" from atom to atom towards the positive terminal.
Only some electrons are free to migrate however. Others within each atom are held so tightly to their particular atom that even an electric field will not dislodge them. The current flowing in the material is therefore due to the movement of "free electrons" and the number of free electrons within any material compared with those tightly bound to their atoms is what governs whether a material is a good conductor (many free electrons) or a good insulator (hardly any free electrons).
The effect of heat on the atomic structure of a material is to make the atoms vibrate, and the higher the temperature the more violently the atoms vibrate.
In a conductor, which already has a large number of free electrons flowing through it, the vibration of the atoms causes many collisions between the free electrons and the captive electrons. Each collision uses up some energy from the free electron and is the basic cause of resistance. The more the atoms jostle around in the material the more collisions are caused and hence the greater the resistance to current flow.
In an insulator however, there is a slightly different situation. There are so few free electrons that hardly any current can flow. Almost all the electrons are tightly bound within their particular atom. Heating an insulating material vibrates the atoms, and if we heated sufficiently the atoms vibrate violently enough to actually shake some of their captive electrons free, creating free electrons to become carriers of current.
Therefore at high temperatures the resistance of an insulator can fall, and in some insulating materials, quite dramatically.
In a material where the resistance increases with temperature, it is said that the material has a positive temperature coefficient.
When resistance falls with increase in temperature, the material is said to have a negative temperature coefficient.
In general, conductors have a positive temperature coefficient, while (at high temperatures) insulators have a negative temperature coefficient.
The electrical resistance of an electrical conductor is the opposition to the passage of an electric current through that conductor.
The reasons for these changes in resistivity can be explained by considering the flow of current through the material. The flow of current is actually the movement of electrons from one atom to another under the influence of an electric field. Electrons are very small negatively charged particles and will be repelled by a negative electric charge and attracted by a positive electric charge. Therefore if an electric potential is applied across a conductor (positive at one end, negative at the other) electrons will "migrate" from atom to atom towards the positive terminal.
Only some electrons are free to migrate however. Others within each atom are held so tightly to their particular atom that even an electric field will not dislodge them. The current flowing in the material is therefore due to the movement of "free electrons" and the number of free electrons within any material compared with those tightly bound to their atoms is what governs whether a material is a good conductor (many free electrons) or a good insulator (hardly any free electrons).
The effect of heat on the atomic structure of a material is to make the atoms vibrate, and the higher the temperature the more violently the atoms vibrate.
In a conductor, which already has a large number of free electrons flowing through it, the vibration of the atoms causes many collisions between the free electrons and the captive electrons. Each collision uses up some energy from the free electron and is the basic cause of resistance. The more the atoms jostle around in the material the more collisions are caused and hence the greater the resistance to current flow.
In an insulator however, there is a slightly different situation. There are so few free electrons that hardly any current can flow. Almost all the electrons are tightly bound within their particular atom. Heating an insulating material vibrates the atoms, and if we heated sufficiently the atoms vibrate violently enough to actually shake some of their captive electrons free, creating free electrons to become carriers of current.
Therefore at high temperatures the resistance of an insulator can fall, and in some insulating materials, quite dramatically.
In a material where the resistance increases with temperature, it is said that the material has a positive temperature coefficient.
When resistance falls with increase in temperature, the material is said to have a negative temperature coefficient.
In general, conductors have a positive temperature coefficient, while (at high temperatures) insulators have a negative temperature coefficient.
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