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WorksheetsConducting Materials Part 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The unit of electrical conductivity is _________________
ohm m
mho m
mho m-1
ohm m-1
the unit of electrical resistance is
mho/m
mho m
ohm
ohm/m
The unit of electrical resistivity
mho/m
mho m
ohm/m
ohm m
The unit of conductance is
mho m
mho
ohm
ohm/m
The unit of mobility is
S-1 m-2 V-2
m2 S-1 V
m-2 V S
V-1 S-1m2
The unit of drift velocity
m/s2
m/s
m s
m2s
The resistance of the most of the conducting materials _________ with increase in temperature.
decrease
remain same
increases
decreases i and then ncreases
Resistivity of conductors is most affected by
current
pressure
temperature
composition
In metals the type of bond present is
covalent bond
metallic bond
ionic bond
organic bond
Gold and silver are
insulating materials
magnetic materials
low resistivity conducting materials
dielectric materials
Example of high resistivity material is
Silver
Gold
Copper
Nichrome
Metals are good conductors of electricity because
the atoms are lightly packed
they have high melting point
they have high resistivity
they contain free electrons
The average distance travelled by an electron
collision time
relaxation time
mean free path
collision path
For metals, relaxation time (τ) is equal to
mean free path
collision time
mobility
collision path
Time taken by an electron to reach its equilibrium position from the disturbed position due to the application of external field is
relaxation time
collision time
mean free path
collision path
The failure of classical theory in Wiedemann Franz law solved by replacing the mass of _____________ by effective mass
proton
neutron
electron
positron
Classical free electron theory explains the conductivity of
semiconductors
conductors
superconductros
insulators
According to classical free electron theory, electrons obey
Fermi distribution statistics
Bose Einstein statistics
Maxwell Boltzmann statistics
all of the above
The velocity gained by the electron per unit electric field strength is called
Drift velocity
mobility
relaxation time
mean free path
The microscopic form of Ohm's law is
J=Eσ
σ=EJ
J=σE
J=σE
Calculate the drift velocity of the free electrons with a mobility of 3.5 x 10-3 m2 V-1 s-1 in copper for an electric field strength of 0.5 V/m
1.75 m/s
0.00175 m/s
0.175 m/s
0.0175 m/s
The current density per unit electric field is known as ________
Electrical conductivity
Thermal conductivity
mobility
mean free path
------------------------states that the ratio of thermal conductivity (K) to electrical conductivity (σ) is directly proportional to absolute temperature and this ratio is constant.
Wiedemann – Franz law
Ohm's law
mean free path
effective mass
The thermal and electrical conductivities of Cu at 20° C are 390 Wm-1K-1 and 5.87 ×107 ohm -1m-1 respectively. Calculate the Lorentz number.
2.672×10-8 WΩ-2K
2.672×10-8 WΩK-2
2.267 ×10-8 WΩK-2
2.267 ×10-8 W2ΩK
According to classical free electron theory, the value of Lorentz number --------
is matched with experimental value of Lorentz number
does not match with experimental value of Lorentz number
zero
increases
