Gold is the most ductile of all metals. For example, one gram of gold can be drawn into a wire 2.05 km long. The density of gold is 19.3 ✕ 10^3 kg/m^3, and its resistivity is 2.44 ✕ 10^−8 Ω · m. What is the resistance of such a wire at 20.0°C?

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Answer:

Resistance of gold wire, [tex]R=1977 \times 10^3 ohm[/tex]

Explanation:

In this question we have given

Density of gold, [tex]d=19.3\times 10^3 \frac{kg}{m^3}[/tex]

resistivity of gold, [tex]r=2.44\times 10^{-8} ohm.m[/tex]

Length of wire, [tex]L= 2.05 km[/tex]

Temperature, [tex]T= 20^oC[/tex]

We know that relation between volume and density is given as

[tex]Density= \frac{mass}{Volume}[/tex]

Therefore, volume occupied by one gram gold is given as,

[tex]V=\frac{.001 kg}{19.3\times 10^3 Kg m^{-3}} = 5.181\times 10^{-8} m^3[/tex].........(1)

We Know that Volume of gold wire which is cylindrical in shape is given by following formula

[tex]V=\pi \times r^2 \times L[/tex]......(2)

Here,

[tex]A= \pi \times r^2[/tex]...........(3)

here A is the cross sectional area of cylendrical gold wire  

From equation 2 and 3

we got

[tex]V=A \times L[/tex]...............(4)

on comparing equation 1 and equation 4, we got,

[tex]A \times L=5.181\times 10^{-8} m^3[/tex]

[tex]A=\frac{5.181\times 10^{-8} m^3}{2050 m}[/tex]

[tex]A=2.53\times 10^{-11}m^2[/tex]

we know that resistance and resistivity are related by following formula,

[tex]Resistance = resistivity\times \frac{L}{A}[/tex]................(5)

Put values of resistivity, A and L in equation 5, we got

[tex]R = \frac{2.44 \times 10^{-8} ohm.m \times 2050 m}{2.53\times 10^{-11} m^2}[/tex]

[tex]R=1977 \times 10^3 ohm[/tex]

Therefore resistance of gold wire, [tex]R=1977 \times 10^3 ohm[/tex]

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