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Electricity
Verification of Joule’s law
Videos:
c4science: Investigating Joule's Law
Simple Science and Maths: To Verify Joule's Law in the Lab
Apparatus and Method:
Simulations:
Verification of Joule's Law | |
Electrical Determination of Specific Heat Lab: While developed for the measurement of specific heat, this simulation also allows users to verify Joules Law. |
Measurement of the resistivity of the material of a wire
Videos:
c4science: The Resistivity of a Wire
c4science: Measuring resistivity with a metre-bridge
Apparatus and Method:
Measurement of the resistivity of the material of a wire
Simulations:
Measurement of the resistivity of the material of a wire | |
Resistance of a Wire Challenge Lab |
To investigate the variation of the resistance of a metallic conductor with temperature
Videos:
c4science: Resistance of a Metallic Conductor with Temperature
Simple Science and Math: Variation of Resistance of a Metallic Conductor with Temperature
Apparatus and Method:
Variation of the resistance of a metallic conductor with temperature
Simulations:
To Investigate the Variation of the Resistance of a Metallic Conductor with Temperature |
To investigate the variation of the resistance of a thermistor with temperature
Videos:
c4science: Resistance of a Thermistor with Temperature
Simple Science and Maths: Variation of Resistance of a Thermistor with Temperature
Apparatus and Method:
To investigate the variation of the resistance of a thermistor with temperature
Simulations:
To Investigate the Variation of the Resistance of a Thermistor with Temperature |
To investigate the variation of current (I) with pd (V) for: (a) metallic conductor. (b) filament bulb. (c) copper sulfate solution with copper electrodes. (d) semiconductor diode.
Videos:
Simple Science and Maths: Current vs Potential Difference for 4 Different Conductors
c4science: Variation of Current with Potential Difference for a Metallic Conductor
c4science: V-I Curve for a Filament Lamp
c4science: V-I Curve For an Electrolyte With Active Electrodes
c4science: Graphing Current and P.D. for a Diode
Noel Cunningham: leaving cert diode
Apparatus and Method:
To investigate the variation of current (I) with pd (V) for (a), (b), (c), (d)
Simulations:
(A) Metallic Conductor:
To investigate the variation of current ( I ) with pd ( V ) for a metallic conductor | |
Ohm's law and resistance |
(B) Filament Bulb
To investigate the variation of current ( I ) with pd ( V ) for a filament bulb | |
Circuit Construction: Use the "real bulb" option |
(C) Copper Sulfate Solution with Copper Electrodes
To investigate the variation of current ( I ) with pd ( V ) for copper sulfate solution with copper electrodes |
(D) Semiconductor Diode
To investigate the variation of current ( I ) with pd ( V ) for a semiconductor diode | |
Diode characteristics |