Rankers Physics
Topic: Current Electricity
Subtopic: Combination of Batteries

N identical cells, each of emf e and internal resistance r, are joined in series. Out of these, n cells are wrongly connected, i.e., their terminals are connected in reverse of that required for series connection. n < N/2. Let  \(\varepsilon_{0}\) be the emf of the resulting battery and \( r_{0}\) be its internal resistance,
\[\varepsilon_{0}=\left( N-n \right)\varepsilon, r_{0}=\left( N-n \right)r\]
\[\varepsilon_{0}=\left( N-2n \right)\varepsilon, r_{0}=\left( N-2n \right)r\]
\[\varepsilon_{0}=\left( N-2n \right)\varepsilon, r_{0}=Nr\]
\[\varepsilon_{0}=\left( N-n \right)\varepsilon, r_{0}=Nr\]

Solution:

When NN identical cells, each of emf ee and internal resistance rr , are connected in series and nn

cells are connected in reverse, the resulting emf and internal resistance of the battery can be determined as follows:


1. Resultant emf ( ε0\varepsilon_0):

  • For correctly connected cells, the total emf is:
    εcorrect=(Nn)e.\varepsilon_{\text{correct}} = (N - n)e.
     
  • For n reversed cells, their emf opposes the total emf. The opposing emf is:εreverse=ne.\varepsilon_{\text{reverse}} = ne.The net emf of the resulting battery is:

    ε0=εcorrectεreverse=(Nn)ene=(N2n)e.\varepsilon_0 = \varepsilon_{\text{correct}} - \varepsilon_{\text{reverse}} = (N - n)e - ne = (N - 2n)e. 


2. Resultant internal resistance ( r0):

  • All cells, whether correctly or incorrectly connected, contribute to the total internal resistance because resistances add in series. The total internal resistance is:
    r0=Nr.r_0 = N r.
     

Final Answer:

The emf and internal resistance of the resulting battery are:

ε0=(N2n)e,r0=Nr.\boxed{\varepsilon_0 = (N - 2n)e, \quad r_0 = Nr.}

 

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