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Ohms Law Mitsuko J. Osugi Physics 409D Winter 2004 UBC Physics Outreach Ohm’s Law Current through an ideal conductor is proportional to the applied voltage Conductor is also known as a resistor An ideal conductor is a material whose resistance does not change with temperature For an ohmic device, Current and Voltage Defined Electric Current: flow of electrons from the negative terminal to the positive one Conventional Current: (the current in electrical circuits) Flow of current from positive terminal to the negative terminal. Current has units of Amperes (A) is measured using ammeters. Voltage: Energy required to move a charge from one point to another. Linearity of Voltage and Current for Resistors which Obey Ohm’s Law Ohmic Resistors Metals obey Ohm’s Law so long as their temperature is held constant Their resistance values do not fluctuate with temperature i.e. the resistance for each resistor is a constant Most ohmic resistors will behave non-linearly outside of a given range of temperature, pressure, etc. Ohm’s Law continued Ohm’s Law continued The total resistance of a circuit is dependant on the number of resistors in the circuit and their configuration Kirchhoff’s Current Law Current into junction = Current leaving junction Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law Net Voltage for a circuit = 0 Series Circuit Current is constant Why? Only one path for the current to take Kirchhoff’s Current Law Voltages through circuit equals zero Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law Series Equivalent Circuit Experiment 1 One 10Ω resistor connected to the 6V power source (batteries). Add another 10Ω resistor to the circuit in series to the first resistor. Q: What is the equivalent resistance, R? What will happen to the value of the current through each resistor? What will happen to the value of the voltage across each resistor? Experiment 1: What is happening in theory Experiment 1:The actual data In reality, the data we get is not the same as what we get in theory. Wh