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  • Let's explore, logically, the working principle of a slide-wire potentiometer. A potentiometer can measure voltages, with higher accuracy than a voltmeter, without drawing a current from the main circuit.
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  • @sanjayg6842
    @sanjayg6842 3 роки тому +58

    Reasons for not balancing:
    1. The potential difference between the ends of the potentiometer wire or the emf of the cell connected in the main circuit may not be greater than the emf of the cells whose emf are to be compared .
    2. The positive terminals of the cells and the battery used in the circuit might not be connected to the same end of the potentiometer wire.
    You're welcome!

    • @atchayap1434
      @atchayap1434 3 роки тому +5

      Can u please elaborate the second reason?

    • @jumausman6985
      @jumausman6985 3 роки тому +9

      @@atchayap1434 you know when we connect a measuring device in a circuit we connect +ve end to +ve terminal of a cell and -ve end to -ve terminal. so u will have to connect them the right way.
      i think this is what the 2nd point is trying to say

  • @sapphireblue9209
    @sapphireblue9209 3 роки тому +91

    The way I said "NO" out loud when he ended the video without answering the question...😫

    • @SecondFool
      @SecondFool 2 роки тому +2

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    • @SaltyStargazer
      @SaltyStargazer 4 місяці тому +6

      @sapphireblue9209 the other case would be when the 9V battery connected to the long wire is in opposite polarity. There would be no way for it become equal to the voltage across the resistor no matter how much you adjust the length.

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  • @ManishSingh-jz2hx
    @ManishSingh-jz2hx 2 роки тому +15

    If we put connect the negative electrode of the unknown emf with the positive (opposite) end of the potentiometer wire, then the current will always enter the secondary circuit.
    I think this could be an answer to your question!

    • @SreenikethanI
      @SreenikethanI 2 роки тому +3

      Ohh I had the same thought, but wasn't sure!

    • @lordoftechs3538
      @lordoftechs3538 Рік тому +1

      What about this:- Resistance of wire too high we are using so not gave that potential difference.

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    @Sr.Feynman 10 місяців тому +1

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  • @vivekgupta3692
    @vivekgupta3692 2 роки тому +16

    *_Summary Of The Video :-_*
    *Potentiometer*
    * We use a voltmeter to measure the potential difference (Voltage) but it does not give us accurate value.
    Because it draw some ammount of current from the circuit. Which can change the value of Voltage as well.
    * We can measure the accurate value of Voltage by using a _Potentiometer_.
    *Principle Of Potentiometer -* The principle of a potentiometer is that the potential dropped across a segment of a wire of uniform cross-section carrying a constant current is directly proportional to its length.
    *Wire Used In Potentiometer -* Generally alloys like constantan or manganin are used as potentiometer wire because they posses high specific resistance and low temperature coefficient
    *Null Point or Balancing Length Of The Potentiometer -* The balancing point or null point of the potentiometer is the point on the slide wire when the galvanometer shows zero deflection.
    *Primary Circuit & Secondary Circuit -* primary circuit consists of a secondary cell( driver cell). and a secondary circuit is the one in which the primary cell whose emf is to be determined is connected.
    *Potential Gradient -* Potential drop per unit length of the wire is known as potential gradient.
    *Sensitivity Of Potentiometer -* Sensitivity of Potentiometer means the smallest potential difference that can be measured by using it and this can be achieved by decreasing the potential gradient by increasing the length of the wire.

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    @sanidhsalman7507 Місяць тому

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    @ChisomOkolie12 5 місяців тому

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    @info-hub457 Рік тому

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  • @Soyuzniki21
    @Soyuzniki21 3 дні тому

    Last question solution
    It will never be zero if the + terminal of driver battery is not comnected to + terminal of the place where voltage is measured.

  • @garimaagarwal985
    @garimaagarwal985 2 роки тому

    Great take. I had so many questions about the assumptions already made about length and the way connections were made in the circuit.
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    @joelchristophr3741 3 місяці тому +1

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  • @debopamchakraborty1394
    @debopamchakraborty1394 7 днів тому

    I think if we increase the resistance of the connecting wire through which we slide the jockey, by ohm's law the potential accross the wire should decrease, and if we decease it below the potential acroos the load, we might never find a null point

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  • @RahmatUllah-uf3wy
    @RahmatUllah-uf3wy 7 місяців тому

    The other answer should be that if we were to connect a resistor in series to the battery, some voltage would drop through the resistor, availing lower voltage drop across the wire, hence zero deflection cannot be found in the wire

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    @nilanjanabhattacharjee8266 3 роки тому +3

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  • @shaikhahmed6562
    @shaikhahmed6562 3 роки тому +1

    If you reverse the polarity of one of the two batteries then no matter how long you slide the slider over the wire,,but Everytime you will fail to get the zero deflection in galvanometer.....I hope I have given a satisfactory answer.....please reply sir.....

  • @pranavsrikanth935
    @pranavsrikanth935 4 роки тому +8

    Can I consider the case where the internal resistance of the 9V battery is large enough that the potential difference across the wire is less than the unknown potential difference? That, or as my lab teacher used to say, loose circuit XD

    • @KhanAcademyIndiaEnglish
      @KhanAcademyIndiaEnglish  4 роки тому +5

      Nice try, but I would still put this under the first category. Even if the p.d. across the wire is large enough, there is still a possibility of not getting a null-point.

    • @pranavsrikanth935
      @pranavsrikanth935 4 роки тому +4

      @@KhanAcademyIndiaEnglish does it have something to do with the direction of deflection of galvanometer at the start of the experiment on the two extremes of the wire? Say, if the deflection occours towards the same side than null point can never be reached?

    • @KhanAcademyIndiaEnglish
      @KhanAcademyIndiaEnglish  4 роки тому +3

      @@pranavsrikanth935 Yes, you are onto something. But, what set-up do you think would cause that?

    • @aditishendurnikar1763
      @aditishendurnikar1763 3 роки тому

      @@KhanAcademyIndiaEnglish what if the potential gradient of the wire is greater than the voltage/emf we are trying to find?

    • @maheshpatnala
      @maheshpatnala 3 роки тому

      @@KhanAcademyIndiaEnglish When the length of the wire is less than required...?

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  • @zulamanavraj9669
    @zulamanavraj9669 3 роки тому +3

    What if the batteries are arranged in reverse configuration then even if the p.d of lower battery is greater than the upper one still there will be current

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    @anupamsundas2877 2 роки тому +1

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  • @user-wb3bo5hl5z
    @user-wb3bo5hl5z 3 місяці тому

    When the negative terminal of cell in secondary cir cuit is connected to positive terminal of driving cell then also we can never get null deflection .

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    @dw3636 Рік тому

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    @schrodingerscat7247 3 роки тому +1

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    @swordofart6812 Рік тому

    It works slightly on the principle of meters bridge

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    @snehatyagi6508 4 роки тому +3

    What about the lastest que...?

  • @prakartibharti2868
    @prakartibharti2868 2 роки тому +1

    Maybe if the polarity of the battery keeps on changing we might not get any null point. What say?

  • @Soorya17-i7c
    @Soorya17-i7c 2 роки тому

    Thank you sir

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    @shoyammishra5986 Рік тому

    passionately curious

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    @amaljeevk8903 2 роки тому

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  • @joelchristophr3741
    @joelchristophr3741 3 місяці тому

    13:30 at last final question you told us to think sir but were not getting idea sir please tell sir

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    @ABCDXYZ-gv8dn 11 місяців тому

    Love it

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    @brighttips8203 2 роки тому

    thnks sir

  • @satyamkumar4367
    @satyamkumar4367 Рік тому

    If potential difference is far more smaller that it becomes difficult to adjust wire as it will always show some deflection in galvanometer, I think in that case we will never achieve it 🤔

  • @skoushik3799
    @skoushik3799 3 роки тому

    amazing explanation!

  • @nahfid2003
    @nahfid2003 3 роки тому

    You explain very well

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    @janetphilominal4505 2 роки тому

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  • @prateeksharma6756
    @prateeksharma6756 3 роки тому +1

    Sir this concept don't work with bulbs/resistance as they are not applying a specific P.D they will apply P.D according to the circuit which will never be equal to the potential across the potentiometer wire as P.d would only be equal if there was no galvanometer there... Other wise it will violate the parallel resistance law. What I mean is that p.d of the bulb will adjust to the circuit but this concept only works for something which works at a fixed potential like a battery.

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    @fruce8119 2 роки тому

    Omg this is the best

  • @vanshbhandari1079
    @vanshbhandari1079 3 роки тому

    well explained

  • @tsheringongmu1299
    @tsheringongmu1299 2 роки тому

    Thankyou sir...

  • @nahfid2003
    @nahfid2003 3 роки тому +1

    Maybe if we connect the battery the wrong way:
    Pos to neg

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      @Subhradeep_ak99 2 місяці тому

      Really?

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      @user-ss2xj9ow6n Місяць тому

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    @verifiedgm1630 Рік тому

    i love this but please draw some arrows

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    @surajiarosha7738 2 роки тому

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    @beartheburn3863 3 роки тому

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    @norinthewild7016 Рік тому

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  • @himanshurana149
    @himanshurana149 2 роки тому

    what if both these vol are not divisible by one another

  • @omkarade746
    @omkarade746 Рік тому

    That's only possible if we switch the battry...

  • @rj23032
    @rj23032 Рік тому +1

    When the galvanometer is faulty

  • @henrynwosu6277
    @henrynwosu6277 3 роки тому +1

    I have a question
    Why does that wire that we tap from behave like a battery ( I say this because I see that as you vary the position of the Jockey along the length of the wire, the bulb either dims or increases in illumination behaving as if you were altering the voltage like the hypothetical battery you talked about at the beginning of the video). so, you vary the position of the slider, why should that have any effect on flow of current through the circuit that the bulb is connected to. You might now respond: its all about the potential difference between points on the wire. What I understand when you say that half way through the wire, the potential difference is 4.5 volts is that the battery has expended 4.5 joules of energy to get a Columb of charge to get to that position. Now , if I decide with this understanding to tap along the wire, I don't expect the light bulb's current to vary or not because I don't see how the voltage along that wire(which we tap from) will translate to having any effect on the light bulb's circuit apart from being an energy consumption value. THANK YOU.

    • @Mr.Blue07
      @Mr.Blue07 3 роки тому +1

      Basically, we're not changing the voltage across bulb! Bulb neither dims nor brightens by the slider. We're just trying to reach a null point where the galvanometer shows 0 so we know that no current flows through it and the voltage across our potentiometer is exactly equal to voltage across bulb

  • @rahmeenmujahid8071
    @rahmeenmujahid8071 Рік тому +1

    Any one knows the second scenerio

  • @akhildalal3837
    @akhildalal3837 3 роки тому

    why did'nt it short circuited when the reading was not 0

  • @Mahesh_Shenoy
    @Mahesh_Shenoy 2 роки тому

    This guy forgot to edit at 2:40!!

  • @henrynwosu6277
    @henrynwosu6277 3 місяці тому

    Here again, 3 years later. I still do not agree!!!😂😂😂. Stuill searching for answers, though. I'll go to Chat GPT and Gemini AI.

    • @ronin632
      @ronin632 3 місяці тому

      what do you mean?

    • @cripriya05
      @cripriya05 2 місяці тому

      What do you not agree with?

  • @akbarbands4638
    @akbarbands4638 Рік тому +1

    Your Fake accent is TERRIBLE, Speak in your own accent. Rest of the video is fine

  • @barbaadparinda
    @barbaadparinda 2 роки тому

    IITian get roasted
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  • @sashwatyo1293
    @sashwatyo1293 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you sir !

  • @h49453
    @h49453 11 місяців тому

    Amazing