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Chapter 24

Chapter 24. Electric Current. André-Marie Ampère 1775 – 1836. Electric Current. The electric current I is the rate of flow of charge through some region of space Let us look at the charges flowing perpendicularly to a surface of area A The average current :

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Chapter 24

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  1. Chapter 24 Electric Current

  2. André-Marie Ampère 1775 – 1836 Electric Current • The electric currentI is the rate of flow of charge through some region of space • Let us look at the charges flowing perpendicularly to a surface of area A • The average current: • The instantaneous current: • The SI unit of current is Ampere (A): 1 A = 1 C/s

  3. Electric Current • The conventional direction of the current is the direction positive charge would flow • In a common conductor (e.g., copper), the current is due to the motion of the negatively charged electrons • It is common to refer to a moving charge as a mobile charge carrier • A charge carrier can be positive or negative

  4. Current and Drift Speed • Charged particles move through a conductor of cross-sectional area A and a charge carrier density n • The total number of charge carriers: n A Δx • The total charge is the number of carriers times the charge per carrier, q: ΔQ = (n A Δx) q • The drift speed, vd, is the speed at which the carriers move: vd = Δx / Δt ΔQ = (n A vd Δt) q Iave = ΔQ / Δt = n q vd A

  5. Current and Drift Speed • If the conductor is isolated, the electrons undergo random motion (due to collisions with the atoms) • When an electric field is set up in the conductor, it creates an electric force on the electrons and hence a current • The zigzag line represents the motion of charge carrier in a conductor

  6. Current and Drift Speed • The drift speed is much smaller than the average speed between collisions • When a circuit is completed, the electric field travels with a speed close to the speed of light • Therefore, although the drift speed is on the order of 10-4 m/s the effect of the electric field is felt on the order of 108 m/s

  7. Current Density • The current densityJ of a conductor is defined as the current per unit area: • If the current density is uniform and A is perpendicular to the direction of the current then this expression is valid: J = I / A = nqvd • J has SI units of A/m2 • The current density is in the direction of the positive charge carriers

  8. Conductivity • A current density and an electric field are established in a conductor whenever a potential difference is maintained across the conductor • For some materials, the current density is directly proportional to the field: J = σE • The coefficient of proportionality, σ, is called the conductivity of the conductor

  9. Georg Simon Ohm 1787 – 1854 Ohm’s Law • Ohm’s law states that for many materials, the conductivity σ is a constant that is independent of the electric field producing the current • Most metals obey Ohm’s law • Ohm’s law is not a fundamental law of nature, but an empirical relationship valid only for certain materials

  10. Georg Simon Ohm 1787 – 1854 Resistance • In a conductor, the voltage applied across the ends of the conductor is proportional to the current through the conductor • The constant of proportionality is the resistance of the conductor – it arises due to collisions between the electrons carrying the current with the fixed atoms inside the conductor • SI unit of resistance is ohm (Ω): 1 Ω = 1 V / A

  11. L R = r A Resistivity • The inverse of the conductivity is the resistivity of the material (see table 24.1): ρ = 1 / σ • Resistivity has SI units of ohm-meters (Ω. m) • The resistance of an ohmic conductor is proportional to its length, L, and inversely proportional to its cross-sectional area, A:

  12. Non-ohmic Ohmic and Nonohmic Materials • Materials that obey Ohm’s Law are said to be ohmic (the relationship between current and voltage is linear, and the resistance is constant over a wide range of voltages) • Not all materials follow Ohm’s law • Materials that do not obey Ohm’s law are said to be nonohmic

  13. Resistance and Resistivity, Summary • Every material has a characteristic resistivity that depends on the properties of the material and on temperature, i.e., resistivity is a property of substances • The resistance of a material depends on its geometry and its resistivity, i.e., resistance is a property of an object • An ideal conductor would have zero resistivity • An ideal insulator would have infinite resistivity

  14. Chapter 24Problem 27 A uniform wire of resistance R is stretched until its length doubles. Assuming its density and resistivity remain constant, what’s its new resistance?

  15. A Model for Electrical Conduction • Treat a conductor as a regular array of atoms plus a collection of free electrons – conduction electrons • In the absence of an electric field, the motion of the conduction electrons is random, and their speed is on the order of 106 m/s • When an electric field is applied, the conduction electrons are given a drift velocity

  16. A Model for Electrical Conduction • We assume: • 1) The electron’s motion after a collision is independent of its motion before the collision • 2) The excess energy acquired by the electrons in the electric field is lost to the atoms of the conductor when the electrons and atoms collide (causing the temperature of the conductor to increase)

  17. A Model for Electrical Conduction • The force experienced by an electron is • From Newton’s Second Law, the acceleration is • Applying a motion equation • Since the initial velocities are random, their average value is zero • If t is the average time interval between successive collisions, then

  18. A Model for Electrical Conduction • The current density: • Using Ohm’s Law: • The conductivity and the resistivity do not depend on the strength of the field (characteristic of a conductor obeying Ohm’s Law)

  19. Temperature Variation of Resistivity • For most metals, resistivity increases with increasing temperature – the atoms vibrate with increasing amplitude so the electrons find it more difficult to pass through the atoms • For most metals, resistivity increases approximately linearly with temperature over a limited temperature range • ρ0 – resistivity at some reference temperature T0 (usually taken to be 20° C); α – is the temperature coefficient of resistivity

  20. Temperature Variation of Resistance • Since the resistance of a conductor with uniform cross sectional area is proportional to the resistivity, the effect of temperature on resistance is similar

  21. Chapter 24Problem 65 The resistivity of copper as a function of temperature is given approximately by ρ = ρ0[1 + α (T - T0)], where ρ0 is Table 24.1’s entry for 20°C, T0 = 20°C, and α = 4.3 × 10-3 °C-1. Find the temperature at which copper’s resistivity is twice its room temperature value.

  22. Residual Resistivity • For some metals, the resistivity is nearly proportional to the temperature • A nonlinear region always exists at very low temperatures, and the resistivity usually reaches some finite value as the temperature approaches absolute zero • The residual resistivity near 0 K is caused primarily by the collisions of electrons with impurities and imperfections in the metal

  23. Superconductors • Superconductors – a class of materials whose resistances fall to virtually zero below a certain temperature, TC (critical temperature) • The value of TC is sensitive to chemical composition, pressure, and crystalline structure • Once a current is set up in a superconductor, it persists without any applied voltage (since R = 0) • One application is superconducting magnets

  24. Semiconductors • Semiconductors are materials that exhibit a decrease in resistivity with an increase in temperature, i.e. α is negative • The reason – an increase in the density of charge carriers at higher temperatures

  25. Electrical Energy and Power • In a circuit, as a charge moves through the battery, the electrical potential energy of the system is increased by ΔQ ΔV (the chemical potential energy of the battery decreases by the same amount) • The charge moving through a resistor loses this potential energy during collisions with atoms in the resistor (the temperature of the resistor increases) • When the charge returns to a, the net result is that some chemical energy of the battery has been delivered to the resistor and caused its temperature to rise

  26. Electrical Energy and Power • The rate at which the energy is lost is the power • From Ohm’s Law, alternate forms of power are • The SI unit of power is Watt (W) (I must be in Amperes, R in ohms and ΔV in Volts) • The unit of energy used by electric companies is the kilowatt-hour (defined in terms of the unit of power and the amount of time it is supplied): 1 kWh = 3.60 x 106 J

  27. Chapter 24Problem 29 A 4.5-W flashlight bulb draws 750 mA. (a) At what voltage does it operate? (b) What’s its resistance?

  28. Answers to Even Numbered Problems Chapter 24: Problem 14 2.9 × 105 C

  29. Answers to Even Numbered Problems Chapter 24: Problem 28 1.4 kW

  30. Answers to Even Numbered Problems Chapter 24: Problem 58 280 km

  31. Answers to Even Numbered Problems Chapter 24: Problem 60 • 8.70 kA • 15.1%

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