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(1) Millikan performed the pioneering oil drop experiment for the precise measurement of the charge on the electron. (2) By applying suitable electric field across two metal plates, the charged oil droplets could be caused to rise or fall or even held  stationary in the field of view for sufficiently long time. He found that the charge on an oil droplet was always an integral multiple of an elementary charge \[1.602\times {{10}^{-19}}C\]. (3) In this experiment charge on the drop is given by \[q=\frac{6\pi \eta \,({{v}_{1}}+{{v}_{2}})d}{v}{{\left[ \frac{9\eta {{v}_{1}}}{2g(\rho -\sigma )} \right]}^{1/2}}\] where \[\eta =\] Coefficient of viscosity of air, \[{{v}_{1}}=\] Terminal velocity of drop when no electric field is applied between the plates, \[{{v}_{2}}=\] Terminal velocity of drop when electric field is applied between the plates. V = Potential difference between the plates, d = Separation between plates, \[\rho =\] density of oil, \[\sigma =\]Density of air.

(1) It's working is based on the fact that if a beam of electron is subjected to the crossed electric field \[\overrightarrow{E}\] and magnetic field \[\overrightarrow{B}\], it experiences a force due to each field. In case the forces on the electrons in the electron beam due to these fields are equal and opposite, the beam remains undeflected. (2) When no field is applied, the electron beam produces illuminations at point P. (3) In the presence of any field (electric and magnetic) electron beam deflected up or down (illumination at \[P'\] or \[P''\]) (4) If both the fields are applied simultaneously and adjusted such that electron beam passes undeflected and produces illumination at point P. In this case; Electric force = Magnetic force \[\Rightarrow \] eE = evB  \[\Rightarrow \] \[v=\frac{E}{B};\] v = velocity of electron (5) As electron beam accelerated from cathode to anode its loss in potential energy appears as gain in the K.E. at the anode. If suppose V is the potential difference between cathode and anode then, loss in potential energy = eV And gain in kinetic energy at anode will be K.E. \[=\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\] i.e. \[eV=\frac{1}{2}m{{v}^{2}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{e}{m}=\frac{{{v}^{2}}}{2V}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{e}{m}=\frac{{{E}^{2}}}{2V{{B}^{2}}}\] Thomson found, \[\frac{e}{m}=1.77\times {{10}^{11}}C/kg.\] If one includes the relativistic variation of mass with speed \[(m={{m}_{0}}/\sqrt{1-{{v}^{2}}/{{c}^{2}}})\], then specific charge of an electron decreases with the increase in its velocity. (6) The deflection of an electron in a purely electric field is given by \[y=\frac{1}{2}\left( \frac{eE}{m} \right).\frac{{{l}^{2}}}{{{v}^{2}}}\]; where l = Length of each plate, y = deflection of electron in the field region, v = speed of the electron.

(1) Cathode rays, discovered by Sir William Crooke (2) They are streams of fast moving electrons. (3) They can be produced by using a discharge tube containing gas at a low pressure of the order of \[{{10}^{-2}}\,mm\] of Hg. (4) The cathode rays in the discharge tube are the electrons produced due to ionisation of gas and that emitted by cathode due to collision of positive ions. (5) Cathode rays travel in straight lines. (6) Cathode rays are emitted normally from the cathode surface. Their direction is independent of the position of the anode. (7) Cathode rays exert mechanical force on the objects they strike. (8) Cathode rays produce heat when they strikes a metal surface. (9) Cathode rays produce fluorescence. (10) When cathode rays strike a solid object, specially a metal of high atomic weight and high melting point X-rays are emitted from the objects. (11) Cathode rays are deflected by an electric field and also by a magnetic field. (12) Cathode rays ionise the gases through which they are passed. (13) Cathode rays can penetrate through thin foils of metal. (14) Cathode rays are found to have velocity ranging \[\frac{1}{30}th\] to \[\frac{1}{10}th\] of velocity of light.  

At normal atmospheric pressure, the gases are poor conductor of electricity. If we establish a potential difference (of the order of 30 kV) between two electrodes placed in air at a distance of few cm from each other, electric conduction starts in the form of sparks. The discharge of electricity through gases can be systematically studied with the help of discharge tube shown below As the pressure inside the discharge tube is gradually reduced, the following is the sequence of phenomenon that are observed. (1) At normal pressure no discharge takes place. (2) At the pressure 10 mm of Hg, a zig-zag thin red spark runs from one electrode to other and cracking sound is heard. (3) At the pressure 4 mm. of Hg, an illumination is observed at the electrodes and the rest of the tube appears dark. This type of discharge is called dark discharge. (4) When the pressure falls below 4 mm of Hg then the whole tube is filled with bright light called positive column and colour of light depends upon the nature of gas in the tube as shown in the following table. Colour for different gases
Gas Air \[{{H}_{2}}\] \[{{N}_{2}}\] \[C{{l}_{2}}\] \[C{{O}_{2}}\] Neon
Colour Purple red Blue Red Green more...
Choke coil (or ballast) is a device having high inductance and negligible resistance. It is used to control current in ac circuits and is used in fluorescent tubes. The power loss in a circuit containing choke coil is least. (1) It consist of a Cu coil wound over a soft iron laminated core. (2) Thick Cu wire is used to reduce the resistance (R) of the circuit. (3) Soft iron is used to improve inductance (L) of the circuit. (4) The inductive reactance or effective opposition of the choke coil is given by \[{{X}_{L}}=\omega L=2\pi vL\] (5) For an ideal choke coil \[r=0,\] no electric energy is wasted i.e. average power \[P=0\]. (6) In actual practice choke coil is equivalent to a \[R-L\] circuit. (7) Choke coil for different frequencies are made by using different substances in their core. For low frequency L should be large thus iron core choke coil is used. For high frequency ac circuit, L should be small, so air cored choke coil is used.  

In an ac circuit \[R=0\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[\cos \phi =0\] so \[{{P}_{av}}=0\] i.e. in resistance less circuit the power consumed is zero. Such a circuit is called the wattless circuit and the current flowing is called the wattless current. or The component of current which does not contribute to the average power dissipation is  called wattless current (i) The average of wattless component over one cycle is zero (ii) Amplitude of wattless current \[={{i}_{0}}\sin \phi \] and r.m.s. value of wattless current\[={{i}_{rms}}\sin \varphi =\frac{{{i}_{0}}}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \phi \]. It is quadrature \[({{90}^{o}})\] with voltage.

\[{{i}_{R}}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{R}={{V}_{0}}G\] \[{{i}_{L}}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{{{X}_{L}}}={{V}_{0}}{{S}_{L}}\]   \[{{i}_{C}}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{{{X}_{C}}}={{V}_{0}}{{S}_{C}}\] (1) Current and phase difference : From phasor diagram current \[i=\sqrt{i_{R}^{2}+{{({{i}_{C}}-{{i}_{L}})}^{2}}}\] and phase difference \[\varphi ={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{({{i}_{C}}-{{i}_{L}})}{{{i}_{R}}}={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{({{S}_{C}}-{{S}_{L}})}{G}\] (2) Admittance (Y) of the circuit : From equation of current \[\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{Z}=\sqrt{{{\left( \frac{{{V}_{0}}}{R} \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{{{V}_{0}}}{{{X}_{L}}}-\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{{{X}_{C}}} \right)}^{2}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{1}{Z}=Y=\sqrt{{{\left( \frac{1}{R} \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{1}{{{X}_{L}}}-\frac{1}{{{X}_{C}}} \right)}^{2}}}=\sqrt{{{G}^{2}}+{{({{S}_{L}}-{{S}_{C}})}^{2}}}\] (3) Resonance : At resonance  (i) \[{{i}_{C}}={{i}_{L}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[{{i}_{\min }}={{i}_{R}}\] (ii) \[\frac{V}{{{X}_{C}}}=\frac{V}{{{X}_{L}}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[{{S}_{C}}={{S}_{L}}\,\Rightarrow \,\Sigma \,S=0\] (iii) \[{{Z}_{\max }}=\frac{V}{{{i}_{R}}}=R\] (iv) \[\varphi =0\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[\text{p}\text{.f}\text{.}\,\,=\cos \phi =1=\]maximum (v) Resonant frequency \[\Rightarrow \nu =\frac{1}{2\pi \sqrt{LC}}\] (4) Parallel LC circuits : If inductor has resistance (R) and it is connected in parallel with capacitor as shown (i) At resonance (a) \[{{Z}_{\max }}=\frac{1}{{{Y}_{\min }}}=\frac{L}{CR}\] (b) Current through the circuit is minimum and \[{{i}_{\min }}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}CR}{L}\] (c) \[{{S}_{L}}={{S}_{C}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{1}{{{X}_{L}}}=\frac{1}{{{X}_{C}}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[X=\infty \] (d) Resonant frequency \[{{\omega }_{0}}=\sqrt{\frac{1}{LC}-\frac{{{R}^{2}}}{{{L}^{2}}}}\,\frac{rad}{sec}\] or \[{{\nu }_{0}}=\frac{1}{2\pi }\sqrt{\frac{1}{LC}-\frac{{{R}^{2}}}{{{L}^{2}}}}\,Hz\](Condition for parallel resonance is \[R<\sqrt{\frac{L}{C}}\]) (e) Quality factor of the circuit \[=\frac{1}{CR}.\frac{1}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{LC}-\frac{{{R}^{2}}}{{{L}^{2}}}}}\]. In the state of resonance the quality factor of the circuit is equivalent to the current amplification of the circuit. (ii) If inductance has no resistance : If \[R=0\] then circuit becomes parallel LC circuit as shown Condition of resonance : \[{{i}_{C}}={{i}_{L}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{V}{{{X}_{C}}}=\frac{V}{{{X}_{L}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{X}_{C}}={{X}_{L}}\]. At resonance current \[i\] in the circuit is zero and impedance is infinite. Resonant frequency : \[{{\nu }_{0}}=\frac{1}{2\pi \sqrt{LC}}Hz\]

(1) Equation of current :  \[i={{i}_{0}}\sin (\omega \,t\pm \varphi )\]; where \[{{i}_{0}}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{Z}\] (2) Equation of voltage :  From phasor diagram  \[V=\sqrt{V_{R}^{2}+{{({{V}_{L}}-{{V}_{C}})}^{2}}}\] (3) Impedance of the circuit : \[Z=\sqrt{{{R}^{2}}+{{({{X}_{L}}-{{X}_{C}})}^{2}}}=\sqrt{{{R}^{2}}+{{\left( \omega \,L-\frac{1}{\omega C} \right)}^{2}}}\] (4) Phase difference : From phasor diagram \[\tan \varphi =\frac{{{V}_{L}}-{{V}_{C}}}{{{V}_{R}}}=\frac{{{X}_{L}}-{{X}_{C}}}{R}=\frac{\omega \,L-\frac{1}{\omega \,C}}{R}=\frac{2\pi \nu \,L-\frac{1}{2\pi \nu \,C}}{R}\] (5) If net reactance is inductive : Circuit behaves as LR circuit (6) If net reactance is capacitive : Circuit behave as CR circuit (7) If net reactance is zero : Means \[X={{X}_{L}}-{{X}_{C}}=0\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{X}_{L}}={{X}_{C}}\] . This is the condition of resonance (8) At resonance (series resonant circuit) (i) \[{{X}_{L}}={{X}_{C}}\Rightarrow {{Z}_{\min }}=R\] i.e. circuit behaves as resistive circuit (ii) \[{{V}_{L}}={{V}_{C}}\Rightarrow V={{V}_{R}}\] i.e. whole applied voltage appeared across the resistance (iii) Phase difference : \[\phi ={{0}^{o}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[p.f.\,=\cos \phi =1\] (iv) Power consumption \[P={{V}_{rms}}\,{{i}_{rms}}=\frac{1}{2}{{V}_{0}}{{i}_{0}}\] (v) Current in the circuit is maximum and it is \[{{i}_{0}}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{R}\] (vi) These circuit are used for voltage amplification and as selector circuits in wireless telegraphy. (9) Resonant frequency (Natural frequency) At resonance \[{{X}_{L}}={{X}_{C}}\]\[\Rightarrow \] \[{{\omega }_{0}}L=\frac{1}{{{\omega }_{0}}C}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\omega }_{0}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{LC}}\frac{rad}{sec}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\nu }_{0}}=\frac{1}{2\pi \sqrt{LC}}Hz\,(\text{or}\,cps)\] (Resonant frequency doesn't depend upon the resistance of the circuit) (10) Half power frequencies and band width : The frequencies at which the power in the circuit is half of the maximum power (The power at resonance), are called half power frequencies. (i) The current in the circuit at half power frequencies (HPF) is \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\] or 0.707 or 70.7% of maximum current (current at resonance). (ii) There are two half power frequencies (a) \[{{\omega }_{1}}\to \] called lower half power frequency. At this frequency the circuit is capacitive. (b) \[{{\omega }_{2}}\to \] called upper half power frequency. It is greater than \[{{\omega }_{0}}\]. At this frequency the circuit is inductive. (iii) Band width \[(\Delta \omega )\]: The difference of half power frequencies \[{{\omega }_{1}}\] and \[{{\omega }_{2}}\] is called band width \[(\Delta \omega )\]and \[\Delta \omega ={{\omega }_{2}}-{{\omega }_{1}}\]. For series resonant circuit it can be proved \[\Delta \omega =\left( \frac{R}{L} \right)\] (11) Quality factor (Q-factor) of series resonant circuit (i) The characteristic of a series resonant circuit is determined by the quality factor (Q - factor) of the circuit. (ii) It defines sharpness of \[i-v\] curve at resonance when Q - factor is large, the sharpness of resonance curve is more and vice-versa. (iii) Q - factor also defined as follows Q - factor \[=2\pi \times \frac{\text{Max}\text{. energy stored}}{\text{Energy dissipation }}\] \[=\frac{2\pi }{T}\times \frac{\text{Max}\text{. energy stored}}{\text{Mean power dissipated}}\]\[=\frac{\text{Resonant frequency}}{\text{Band width}}=\frac{{{\omega }_{0}}}{\Delta \omega }\] (iv) Q - factor \[=\frac{{{V}_{L}}}{{{V}_{R}}}\] or \[\frac{{{V}_{C}}}{{{V}_{R}}}\]\[=\frac{{{\omega }_{0}}L}{R}\,\,\text{or}\,\,\frac{1}{{{\omega }_{0}}CR}\] \[\Rightarrow Q\text{-factor}=\frac{1}{R}\sqrt{\frac{L}{C}}\]

(1) Applied voltage : \[V={{V}_{L}}-{{V}_{C}}\] (2) Impedance : \[Z={{X}_{L}}-{{X}_{C}}=X\] (3) Current : \[i={{i}_{0}}\sin \,\left( \omega \,t\pm \frac{\pi }{2} \right)\] (4) Peak current : \[{{i}_{0}}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{Z}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{{{X}_{L}}-{{X}_{C}}}\]\[=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{\omega \,L-\frac{1}{\omega \,C}}\] (5) Phase difference : \[\phi ={{90}^{o}}\] (6) Power factor : \[\cos \varphi =0\] (7) Leading quantity : Either voltage or current  

(1) Applied voltage : \[V=\sqrt{V_{R}^{2}+V_{C}^{2}}\] (2) Impedance : \[Z=\sqrt{{{R}^{2}}+X_{C}^{2}}=\sqrt{{{R}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{1}{\omega C} \right)}^{2}}}\] (3) Current : \[i={{i}_{0}}\sin \,\left( \omega \,t+\varphi  \right)\] (4) Peak current : \[{{i}_{0}}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{Z}=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{\sqrt{{{R}^{2}}+X_{C}^{2}}}\]\[=\frac{{{V}_{0}}}{\sqrt{{{R}^{2}}+\frac{1}{4{{\pi }^{2}}{{\nu }^{2}}{{C}^{2}}}}}\] (5) Phase difference : \[\varphi ={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{{{X}_{C}}}{R}={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{1}{\omega CR}\] (6) Power factor : \[\cos \varphi =\frac{R}{\sqrt{{{R}^{2}}+X_{C}^{2}}}\] (7) Leading quantity : Current


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