Effect of Stretching on Resistance and Resistivity – Rankers Physics
Topic: Current Electricity
Subtopic: Combination of Resistors

Effect of Stretching on Resistance and Resistivity

A wire of a certain material is stretched slowly by 10%. Its new resistance and specific resistance will respectively become
1.2 times, 1.1 times
1.1 times, 1.1 times
Same, same
1.21 times, same

Solution:

Specific resistance (resistivity) depends only on the material and temperature, so it remains same. Resistance \(R \propto l^2\) when a wire is stretched. If length is increased by 10% (\(l' = 1.1l\)), the new resistance is \(R' = (1.1)^2 R = 1.21 R\).

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