ft TS OE spcasunFMENT OF RESISTANCE ~ 51 SOURCES OF ERROR 1. The instrument screws may be loose. 2, Thiek connecting wires may not be available 3, Rheostat may have high resistance, r- —— | EXPERIMENT 2 bl th using metre bridge and hence determin: » of a given w ro find resistan c resistance) of its mat GE resistivity (speci APPARATUS Ametre a resistance box, a jock Square, connecting wires and a piece erial. 1] (Battery eliminator), a galvanometer, nche cel , a metre scale, a set cesistance wire, a Screw gauge, pridge (slide wire bridge), a Li ane way key, ar of sand paper. THEORY (j) The unknown resistance X is x = (100 L ance placed in the left gap and ; the length of metre bridge wire from ze ‘al of the given wire is given by, given by, xR unknown resistance X in the right gap ‘ro end upto balance point. where R is known re: of metre bridge P=" 4L and D is the diameter of the given wire. where, L is the length IT DIAGRAM Known resistance | E I — -_——— _.+«— Leclanche cell (Battery elimina! Fig. Circuit diagram—M |