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‫قسم الهندسة الكهربائية واإللكترونية‬

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‫األستاذ المشرف ‪ :‬م‪.‬تيسير الغنيمي‬

‫المجموعة ‪4 :‬‬

‫رقم التجربة ‪1 :‬‬

‫اسم التجربة ‪Experiment to Verify Ohm’s Law :‬‬

‫اسم الطالب ‪ :‬والء عبد السالم رمضان عريبي‬

‫رقم القيد ‪899121220 :‬‬

‫تاريخ إجراء التجربة‪2018/11/1 :‬‬

‫تاريخ تسليم التجربة‪2018/11/9 :‬‬

‫خريف ‪2018‬‬
1. Abstract

The experiment was performed to study the relationship between current and voltage in order to
prove Ohm’s law. Two different values of resistors (one each time) was assembled with a DC power
supply and the current through the resistor was measured. It has been noticed that The higher voltage
values caused a higher current values . The relationship between the voltage and the current turned
out to be linear and the ratio between their values matched the resistor value.

1. Objectives ( instead of abstract)

 To study the relationship between current and voltage in a resistorin order to prove Ohm’s
law.

2. Introduction

Ohm's law expresses the voltage as a function of the current. It states that the voltage across a
resistance is directly proportional to the current flowing through it. The resistance, measured in ohms,
is the constant of proportionality between the voltage and current as shown in figure 1.

Figure 1: The voltage current characteristics of a resistor

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The mathematical relationship of Ohm's law is illustrated by the equation:

V=IR

Where
V : the voltage in Volts,
I : the current in Amperes,
R : the resistance in Ohms.

The purpose of the experiment was to demonstrate Ohm’s law by assembling a simple circuit that
contain a resistor, a power supply, and a digital multimeter, then measure the current through and the
voltage across the resistor .

3. Equipment
 Resistors, 1KΩ, 2.2KΩ.
 Digital multimeter.
 AC/DC power supply with integral function generator.
 Universal panel.
 Set of connection cables.
 Connection plugs (jumpers).

4. Experimental Procedure
1. 1KΩ resistor was connected in series with a multimeter and an AC/DC power supply with
integral function generator, connection plugs and cables was used to connect the circuit.
2. At first, the voltage was set to be 2V, the current was measured at this voltage
3. Then the voltage was changed to 4,6,9 and 12V ,and the current was measured for each value
of the four voltage values .
4. The 1KΩ resistor was excluded, a 2.2KΩ resistor was connected to the circuit ,and steps 2
and 3 was repeated .

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5. Results

The data from the experiment is shown in table 1 and table 2, and represented as graphs in figure2
and figur3.

Table 1: The values of I for fixed R=1KΩ and variable V

R[Ω] 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

V[V] 2 4 6 9 12
I[mA] 2.18 4.18 6.31 9.23 12.25

Table 2: The values of I for fixed R=2.2KΩ and variable V

R[ohm] 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200

V[V] 2 4 6 9 12
I[mA] 1.011 1.818 2.84 4.22 5.60

I(mA
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 V(V

Figure 2 : the results from table 1

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 I(mA
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 V(V 14

Figure 3 : the results from table 2

6. Discussion

The measured data indicates that the voltage and the current are linearly related in a resistor , the
slope of the line or the ratio between voltage and current seemed to be matched with the resistor
value, which proves Ohm’s law .The current calculated values are shown in table 3 and table 4 ,also
the measured values are inserted in the tables. In order to compare them, the percent error is
calculated as follows:

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Table 3 : measured and calculated error and error for each value for R=1KΩ

Current(measured) Current(calculated) Percent error

2.18 2 9%
4.18 4 4.5%
6.31 6 5.16%
9.23 9 2.5%
12.25 12 2.08%

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 Table 4 : measured and calculated error and error for each value for R=2.2KΩ

Current(measured) Current(calculated) Percent error

1.011 0.909 11.22%
1.818 1.818 0%
2.84 2.727 4.14%
4.22 4.09 3.17%
5.60 5.45 2.75%

The average of the percent error for all the values was calculates as follows :

For our collected data , the average percent error for the 1KΩ resistor is 4.66% ,

And the average percent error for the 2.2KΩ resistor is 4.26% .

The average percent error can be considered acceptable, it’s probably due to tolerance of resistors.

7. Conclusion

The voltage is linearly related to the current and the ration between them is the value of the
resistance .

8. Attachment
Multism was used to simulate this experiment , the circuit was connected as shown in figure 4

The results of simulation are as shown in table 3

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9. References

[1] Irwin, J. David, BASIC ENGINEERING CIRCU IT ANALYSIS,9th ed, John Wiley & Sons
,pp24
[2]James W.Nilson, Susan A.Riedel, ELECTRIC CIRCUITS,8th ed , Pearson Education,pp 28-29
[3] Robert L. Boylestad , INTRODUCTORY CIRCUIT ANALYSIS,11th ed, Pearson
Education,pp143,pp203