TO MEASURE THE RESISTIVITY OF THE MATERIAL OF A WIRE
In an experiment to find a value for the
resistivity of manganin wire the
following values were obtained:
length of wire: 485 mm
diameter of wire: 0.52 mm, 0.52 mm, 0.51 mm, 0.51 mm.
resistance of that length of wire: 1.1 ![]()
Use all of these values to obtain a value for the resistivity of manganin wire.
SOLUTION
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(Note: the true value is
which gives a
percentage error of 4.9%)