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Resistor Color Coding and Calculations

The document contains a series of problems related to color coding of resistors, resistivity calculations, and temperature coefficients of resistance. It includes tasks such as determining resistance values based on color bands, calculating resistance changes with wire length and cross-sectional area, and finding resistance changes with temperature variations. The problems require knowledge of electrical principles and formulas related to resistors and materials.

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Resistor Color Coding and Calculations

The document contains a series of problems related to color coding of resistors, resistivity calculations, and temperature coefficients of resistance. It includes tasks such as determining resistance values based on color bands, calculating resistance changes with wire length and cross-sectional area, and finding resistance changes with temperature variations. The problems require knowledge of electrical principles and formulas related to resistors and materials.

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COLOR CODING

1. A resistor is marked

1st Band Brown


nd
2 Band Black
rd
3 Band Orange
No other Band
What is its resistance and between what values does it lie?
2. Determine the value and tolerance of a resistor having a colour coding of
Orange-orange-silver-brown

3. Determine the value and tolerance of a resistor having a colour coding of


Brown-black-brown

4. Between what two values should a resistor with colour coding


Brown-black-brown-silver lie?

5. Determine the colour coding for a 47 kΩ having a tolerance ±5%

6. Determine the value and tolerance of a resistor having a colour coding of


Orange – green – red – yellow- brown

RESISTIVITY

1. The resistance of a 5m length of wire is 600Ω. Determine


a) The resistance of an 8m length of the same wire and
b) The length of the same wire when the resistance is 420Ω

2. A piece of wire of cross-sectional area 2 mm2 has a resistance of 300Ω. Find


a) The resistance of a wire of the same length and material if the cross-sectional
area of a wire is 5 mm2
b) The cross-sectional area of a wire of the same length and material of
resistance 750Ω.

3. The resistance of 1.5km of wire of cross-sectional area of 0.17 mm2 is 150Ω. Determine
the resistivity.
TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT

1. A coil of copper wire has a resistance of 100Ω when its temperature is 0℃. Determine its
resistance at 70℃ if the temperature coefficient of resistance of copper at 0℃ is 0.0043/℃.
2. A coil of copper wire has a resistance of 10Ω at 20℃. If the temperature coefficient of
resistance of copper at 20℃ is 0.004/℃ determine the resistance of the coil when the
temperature rises to 100℃
3. The resistance of a coil aluminium wire at 18℃ is 200Ω. The temperature of the wire is
increased and the resistance rises to 240Ω. If the temperature coefficient of the resistance
of aluminium is 0.0039/℃ at 18℃ determine the temperature to which the coil has risen.

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