Resistance and Resistivity of a Wire

Research question: what is the resistance and the

resistivity of a given wire of known length.
 Aspect I
Research question: what is the resistance and the
resistivity of a given wire of known length.

Variables-
Dependant Variables:
 The length of the wire used.
 The resistivity of the wire used.
Uncontrolled Variables:
 The heat generated due to the flow of current.
Independent Variables:

Hypothesis:
With the help of a meter bridge we should be able to
find out the resistance of the given wire.
 Aspect II
Apparatus Required:
 A customary metre Bridge.
 A galvanometer.
 A resistance box
 Given resistance wire.
 Battery
 An electric Key.
Control of variables:
The length of the known wire will be controlled by
moving the electric key on the wire to find the null
point.

Procedure:
 Connect the metre bridge to the battery.
 Connect the resistance box to the positive terminal
of the metre bridge and the resistance wire to the
negative terminal.
 Connect the galvanometer to the key and to the
middle.-----
 After the setup is complete, induce resistance
using the resistance box
  Shift the key along the wire of the metre bridge in
order to find the null point. The null point is the
point where the potential difference should read
zero.
 Now, measure the length of the null point.
 Repeat the above procedure for different
resistance and record the change in the length of
the null point.
 ------
Data collection
Resistance L1 L2=(100-L1)
Box(Ω) +/- 0.5cm +/- 0.5cm

Resistance L1 L2
Box(Ω) +/- 0.5cm +/- 0.5cm
 Length of Wire .40 +/- .01 m
Observation I
Diameter Observation II
Observation III

Data processing:
The resistance of the resistance wire from the metre
bridge if directly proportional to the length of the wire.
Thus we observe the following equation:

R=K_l
Adding this formula to the Wheatstone bridge formula
we deduce the following equation:
R=R

In order to obtain more accurate results we perform

the experiment twice. However, this time around the
resistance box and the given wire are switched. This
causes R and Rx to interchange places. The concept
however remains the same.
DATA I
Resistance L1 L2 Rx(Ω)
Box( Ω)

DATA II
Resistance L1 L2 Rx(Ω)
Box( Ω)

Average of DATA I and DATA II =

Area of cross section = A = π r 2
With the equations we attain the following results:
Length of Wire
Observation 1
Observation 2

Diameter Observation 3
Average=
Radius
Area of cross section
Resistance of Wire
Resistivity

Conclusion:

Error Analysis:

Evaluating and Improving Procedure: