Answer:
Explanation:
Resistivity is given by 
where A is cross-sectional area, R is resistance, L is the length and 
is the reistivity. Substituting 0.0625 for R, 3.14 × 10-6 for A and 3.5 m for L then the resistivity is equivalent to
Answer:
- Decreasing the resistance
- Using a shorter length
- Using a smaller area wire
Explanation:
Formula for conductance in wires is;
G = 1/R
Where;
G is conductance
R is resistance
This means that increasing the resistance leads to a larger denominator and thus a smaller conductance but to decrease the denominator means larger conductance.
Thus, to increase the conductance, we have to decrease the resistance.
Resistance here has a formula of;
R = ρL/A
Where;
ρ is resistivity
L is length of wire
A is area
Thus, to decrease the resistance, we will have to use a shorter length and smaller area of wire.
Answer:
a) 3.33 ns
b) Water distance = 0.75 m
Glass distance = 0.66 m
Diamond distance = 0.41 m
Explanation:
We take the speed of light, c = m/s.
Speed = distance/time
Time = distance/speed
a)
t = 3.33 ns
b)
Refractive index, n = speed of light in vacuum / speed of light in medium
Thus, the distance traveled in the same time is numerically equal to the reciprocal of the refractive index.
For water n = 1.333
d = 1/1.333 = 0.75 m
For glass n = 1.517
d = 0.66 m
For diamond n = 2.417
d = 0.41 m
The outer surface of the glass expands faster than the inside surface since glass is a fairly good thermal insulator. The outer surface tries to expand without the inner surface doing so at the same time. This is the secret of Pyrex glass. It is more conductive to heat and the inner and outer surface expand (and contract) at the same time.
