Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 21 - Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 760: 104

Answer

$0.130mm$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required diameter as follows: $d=\sqrt{\frac{4\rho_{tungsten}L}{\pi R}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $d=\sqrt{\frac{4\times 5.6\times 10^{-8}\Omega.m\times 1.2m}{\pi \times 5.0\Omega}}$ $d=0.130\times 10^{-3}m$ $d=0.130mm$
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