Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2009

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    The resistance of a wire at 300 K is found to be 0.3\[\Omega \]. If the temperature coefficient of resistance of wire is\[1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}\,{{K}^{-1}}\,,\], the temperature at which the resistance becomes 0.6 \[\Omega \] is

    A)  720 K                                   

    B)  345 K

    C)  993 K                   

    D)         690 K

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Given\[{{R}_{300}}=0.3\Omega ,\,\,{{R}_{t}}=0.6\Omega \]                 \[T=300\,\,K={{27}^{o}}C\] Temperature coefficient of resistance,                 \[\alpha =1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}{{K}^{-1}}\] \[\therefore \]  \[{{R}_{300}}={{R}_{0}}(1+\alpha \times 27)\]                 \[0.3={{R}_{0}}(1+1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}\times 27)\]         ? (i) Again,   \[{{R}_{t}}={{R}_{0}}(1+\alpha t)\]                 \[0.6={{R}_{0}}(1+1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}\times t)\]            ... (ii) Dividing Eq. (ii) by Eq. (i), we get                 \[\frac{0.6}{0.3}=\frac{1+1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}t}{1+1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}\times 27}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[2(1+1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}\times 27)=1+1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}t\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[2+81\times {{10}^{-3}}=1+1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}t\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[2+0.081=1+1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}t\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[t=\frac{1.081}{1.5\times {{10}^{-3}}}={{720}^{o}}C=993K\]


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