CURRENT


Imagining the free electrons of the band of conduction of a conductor like an electron gas (Drude's model), these move fastly inside the conductor.
We can't perceive this movement because the electrons move in every directions but, thinking to cross the conductor with an imaginary plan, we can observe a flow of loads ( electrical current) that it corresponds to



Creating a potential difference inside the solid we created and electric field

he electrons are accelerated by a force

and according to the second principle of dynamics the acceleration is

In the model of perfect gases, here applied to electrons, the volumes are consider null and so they moves in an empty place; but the electrons are in an atmosphere where the other same elestrons are present, therefore they are taken place hits between atoms, where nucleus absorb the cinetic energy of the electrons, energy that will come converted in thermal (called Joule's effect). The drift speed that one that allows the passage of current from a smaller to a bigger potential

Applying the model of dynamics of the fluid we obtains

the loads results as

The density of loads that it will be directed in the same direction of the current is

the product of constants at the second member is calle RESISTANCE

measured in Ω.
This expression represents the first law of Ohm

the current that slides through conductor is always directly proporzional to the potential difference applied to the same instrument

it can be indicated resistivity


this is the second Ohm's law

in the conductors the resistance it depends on the geometric configuration of the conductor and from the material of which it is constituted




CIRCUITtop

In order to verify the Ohm's laws it is necessary to compose a circuit composed by

  1. an alternator that produce 4.5V ;
  2. reostato an instrument to obtain a variable voltage, is composed by a conductor and a spiraliform winding that uses the second Ohm's law (the resistance is is proporzional them to the length of the conductor); with a mobile cursor, composed by an insulating material, is possible to change the contacts.
  3. amperometer, the misures the current;
  4. a voltmeter, that indicate the voltage, connected in parallel to the circuit;
  5. a resistence



The connections between the several members of the circuits, whose resistence is considered null

ESPERIMENTtop


Analyzing vary cases, we consider thesensibility of the scale of amperometer as 0,05 A and that one of the voltmetro as 0,02V


COSTANTANA (40%Ni-60%Cr)
V (Volt) 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5
i (Ampere) 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2

R=2.5 Ω


Ni-Cr 0.56mm
V (Volt) 5.1 4.0 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.0
i (Ampere) 1.6 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.3

R=(3.2±0.1)


Ni-Cr0.70mm
V (Volt) 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
i (Ampere) 1.7 1.35 1.0 0.7 0.35

R=(2.8±0.2)


Ni-Cr
V (Volt) 5.1 4.0 3.0 2.0
i (Ampere) 0.85 0.65 0.4 0.25

R=(7±1)


Ni-Cr 0.70 in series
V (Volt) 5.1 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0
i (Ampere) 0.85 0.65 0.5 0.35 0.15

R=(6.1±0.3)


Ni-Cr 0.70 in parallel
V (Volt) 1.30 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25
i (Ampere) 0.95 0.75 0.55 0.4 0.2

R=(1.4±0.1)


CONCLUSIONStop


Remember various factors that affect the values : From the values found we can make interesting remarks: