EX.

NO :
CURRENT AND CURRENT DENSITY
DATE :

DATE :21-12-13
AIM: A program to find the resistance, current and current intensity

EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED:

 P-IV Processor

 Windows 8 or windows XP SP2

 SCILAB 5.4

THEORY:

Electric charges in motion constitute a current. The unit of current is the ampere (A), defined as a rate of
movement of charge passing a given reference point (or crossing a given reference plane) of one coulomb per
second. Current is symbolized by I , and therefore

Current is thus defined as the motion of positive charges, even though conduction in metals takes place
through the motion of electrons.
In field theory, we are usually interested in events occurring at a point rather than within a large region, and
we find the concept of current density, measured in amperes per square meter (A/m2), more useful. Current
density is a vector1 represented by J.
The increment of current ΔI crossing an incremental surface ΔS normal to the current density is

Total current is obtained by integrating,

PROGRAM:

// Program to find the resistance, current and current density

clc ;
D = 0.0508; // diameter of conductor in inches
D = 0.0508*0.0254; // diameter in meter
r = D /2; // radius in meter
A = %pi *r ^2; // area of conductor in square metre
L = 1609; // length of copper wire
sigma = 5.80e07 ; // conductivity in siemens / me t re
R = L /( sigma * A ) ; // resistance in ohms
I = 10; // current in amperes
J = I / A ; // current density in A/metre square
disp (R , 'Resistance of given copper wire R =' )
disp (J , 'Current Density J = ' )

CONSOLE WINDOW:
Resistance of given copper wire R =

21.215013

Current Density J =

7647425.6

RESULT: In this experiment we studied how to find resistance, current and current density.