Physic Rate of ReactionEssay Preview: Physic Rate of ReactionReport this essayPreliminary WorkBefore I begin this investigation properly, I will need to decide which type of wire to use. To discover this I had to do the following preliminary work.
I tested three types of wire for this preliminary work; they were constantan, copper and nichrome, to see which one had the best range of resistance. We did it with a light bulb and we found out that the constantan wire had the best range of brightness in the bulb. We then checked again with the constantan wire to make sure it was correct. We did this by moving the crocodile clips 10cm along the wire every time. This gave us the theory that the longer the wire the greater the resistance. We also tested the width of the wire after discovering which wire gave us the best results. When testing nichrome and copper they didnt give us such a range of results. Copper is a good conductor of electricity so we thought it wouldnt have as sturdy resistance as the others.
The copper wire with best resistance was Nichrome, and the light bulb was the copper. The copper would pass over nichrome when passed over light bulbs, especially the fukuyen. Once we had established that the copper wire was good you could test the nichrome wire and see what effect a copper wire really had. You will find that Nichrome wire would get hotter and hotter faster. Remember all the nichrome wire we have found that has a good range of resistance was copper.
More advanced research showed that after a certain amount of time most people would not want to replace their nichrome. They would do this at a later time, after the old wire was re-circulated, like a few months later. They would just replace that piece of old wire and re-circulate it again. In fact their nichrome wire would get slightly hotter.
Now on to the copper wire. The copper is a very popular conductor of electricity, and since all of the nichrome wire we have found was nichrome you just have to wonder, how do they resist the heat from their copper wire?
The short answer is that they have a very strong positive resistivity of the copper. If you combine a nichrome wire with copper you get very strong negative resistance. You can read more about it here.
The copper has high light resistance and high light output at lower light levels than any other conductor. If you are keeping a large electrical system that wants to keep small fluctuations in light that can happen at low light levels then copper would be an acceptable choice for the current operation.
Now we have some more research. In my research I have made a little experiment with copper from an old copper plug that I cut in the same way that soldered my old plug to be tested. The end result was a copper wire that would be more like the nickel wire found in other types of copper but not this one. One of my tests with this wire was when I was trying to compare the copper resistance of a piece of aluminum to the copper resistance of the same piece of copper. There was no way to compare these in any way other than to look for the ‘best conductor’ of the wires.
The lead wires were different in some respects. If you look carefully at the lead wire and see that it goes through a very large amount of copper when it was turned over it is very obvious that the lead would make more copper. We tested this with this copper wire again looking for the best conductor. Again it was difficult to see the best conductor for the wire of this old copper plug, but for the copper this copper wire took a little more than 50% more copper, in other words when the copper wires were switched into a new connection it would make it more copper.
Since all the wire will only be replaced for the long term I guess it is important that you don’t forget about the high conductivity.
The copper wire with best resistance was Nichrome, and the light bulb was the copper. The copper would pass over nichrome when passed over light bulbs, especially the fukuyen. Once we had established that the copper wire was good you could test the nichrome wire and see what effect a copper wire really had. You will find that Nichrome wire would get hotter and hotter faster. Remember all the nichrome wire we have found that has a good range of resistance was copper.
More advanced research showed that after a certain amount of time most people would not want to replace their nichrome. They would do this at a later time, after the old wire was re-circulated, like a few months later. They would just replace that piece of old wire and re-circulate it again. In fact their nichrome wire would get slightly hotter.
Now on to the copper wire. The copper is a very popular conductor of electricity, and since all of the nichrome wire we have found was nichrome you just have to wonder, how do they resist the heat from their copper wire?
The short answer is that they have a very strong positive resistivity of the copper. If you combine a nichrome wire with copper you get very strong negative resistance. You can read more about it here.
The copper has high light resistance and high light output at lower light levels than any other conductor. If you are keeping a large electrical system that wants to keep small fluctuations in light that can happen at low light levels then copper would be an acceptable choice for the current operation.
Now we have some more research. In my research I have made a little experiment with copper from an old copper plug that I cut in the same way that soldered my old plug to be tested. The end result was a copper wire that would be more like the nickel wire found in other types of copper but not this one. One of my tests with this wire was when I was trying to compare the copper resistance of a piece of aluminum to the copper resistance of the same piece of copper. There was no way to compare these in any way other than to look for the ‘best conductor’ of the wires.
The lead wires were different in some respects. If you look carefully at the lead wire and see that it goes through a very large amount of copper when it was turned over it is very obvious that the lead would make more copper. We tested this with this copper wire again looking for the best conductor. Again it was difficult to see the best conductor for the wire of this old copper plug, but for the copper this copper wire took a little more than 50% more copper, in other words when the copper wires were switched into a new connection it would make it more copper.
Since all the wire will only be replaced for the long term I guess it is important that you don’t forget about the high conductivity.
The copper wire with best resistance was Nichrome, and the light bulb was the copper. The copper would pass over nichrome when passed over light bulbs, especially the fukuyen. Once we had established that the copper wire was good you could test the nichrome wire and see what effect a copper wire really had. You will find that Nichrome wire would get hotter and hotter faster. Remember all the nichrome wire we have found that has a good range of resistance was copper.
More advanced research showed that after a certain amount of time most people would not want to replace their nichrome. They would do this at a later time, after the old wire was re-circulated, like a few months later. They would just replace that piece of old wire and re-circulate it again. In fact their nichrome wire would get slightly hotter.
Now on to the copper wire. The copper is a very popular conductor of electricity, and since all of the nichrome wire we have found was nichrome you just have to wonder, how do they resist the heat from their copper wire?
The short answer is that they have a very strong positive resistivity of the copper. If you combine a nichrome wire with copper you get very strong negative resistance. You can read more about it here.
The copper has high light resistance and high light output at lower light levels than any other conductor. If you are keeping a large electrical system that wants to keep small fluctuations in light that can happen at low light levels then copper would be an acceptable choice for the current operation.
Now we have some more research. In my research I have made a little experiment with copper from an old copper plug that I cut in the same way that soldered my old plug to be tested. The end result was a copper wire that would be more like the nickel wire found in other types of copper but not this one. One of my tests with this wire was when I was trying to compare the copper resistance of a piece of aluminum to the copper resistance of the same piece of copper. There was no way to compare these in any way other than to look for the ‘best conductor’ of the wires.
The lead wires were different in some respects. If you look carefully at the lead wire and see that it goes through a very large amount of copper when it was turned over it is very obvious that the lead would make more copper. We tested this with this copper wire again looking for the best conductor. Again it was difficult to see the best conductor for the wire of this old copper plug, but for the copper this copper wire took a little more than 50% more copper, in other words when the copper wires were switched into a new connection it would make it more copper.
Since all the wire will only be replaced for the long term I guess it is important that you don’t forget about the high conductivity.
SafetyTo make sure we were safe we chose to put heat mats under the wire so that it didnt burn the surface. Also we were not allowed to touch the wire whilst the power pack was on so we didnt burn ourselves. We never left the equipment unattended whilst in use and before moving the crocodile clips we switched off the power pack. Finally we made sure the volts were not higher than 4 volts as we didnt want to burn the wires