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    This document outlines an experiment to study how potential drop along a wire varies with its length for a steady current. The aim is to show that potential drop is directly proportional to length. The apparatus includes a potentiometer, voltmeter, battery, rheostat, and jockey. Observations of potential difference and corresponding lengths are recorded and the ratio V/L, known as potential gradient, is calculated. The result is that the potential gradient is constant, demonstrating the direct proportionality between potential drop and wire length.

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    This document outlines an experiment to study how potential drop along a wire varies with its length for a steady current. The aim is to show that potential drop is directly proportional to length. The apparatus includes a potentiometer, voltmeter, battery, rheostat, and jockey. Observations of potential difference and corresponding lengths are recorded and the ratio V/L, known as potential gradient, is calculated. The result is that the potential gradient is constant, demonstrating the direct proportionality between potential drop and wire length.

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    This document outlines an experiment to study how potential drop along a wire varies with its length for a steady current. The aim is to show that potential drop is directly proportional to length. The apparatus includes a potentiometer, voltmeter, battery, rheostat, and jockey. Observations of potential difference and corresponding lengths are recorded and the ratio V/L, known as potential gradient, is calculated. The result is that the potential gradient is constant, demonstrating the direct proportionality between potential drop and wire length.

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    ACTIVITY 2

    AIM
    To study the variation in potential drop with length of a wire for steady current .
    APPARATUS
    Potentiometer, voltmeter, battery , rheostat, one-way key and jockey.
    THEORY
    When a study current is flowing through the potentiometer wire of uniform cross-section area,
    the fall of potential V along a potentiometer wire is directly proportional to the wire L, ie, Vα L.
    According to principle of potentiometer, the potential gradient k = V /L
    SOURCES OF ERROR
    1. The potentiometer wire may not be uniform
    2. The resistance of wire may change due to change in temperature
    PRECAUTIONS
    1.Do not drag the jockey on the wires. Press the jockey gently.
    2.The current should remain fixed each sets of observations.

    CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

    PROCEDURE

    1.Arrange the apparatus in the same manner as given in the circuit diagram.
    2. Now move the jockey over the wire and observe the potential difference (V) corresponding
    to length (L).
    OBSERVATIONS AND CALCULATIONS.

    S.No Voltmeter reading(V) Balancing length (L) V /L

    RESULT

    The ratio V /L is constant. This quantity is called potential gradient of the wire.

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