how does the resistance of a conductor vary as a function of temperature. (a) increases (b) decreases (c) remain same. (d) first increases then decreases
Answers
Answer:
depends upon temperature
Explanation:
Since the resistance of some conductor, such as a piece of wire, depends on collisions within the wire itself, the resistance depends on temperature. With increasing temperature, the resistance of the wire increases as collisions within the wire increase and "slow" the flow of current.
Answer:
Temperature dependence of resistivity of a conductor is given by the relationρ=ρ
0
[1+α t (T−T 0 )]
Where ρ, ρ 0 are resistivity at temperature T anT
0 respectively α t
is temperature coefficient of resistivity.
In most conductors, number density of free electrons does not change with temperature but an increase in temperature increases the amplitude of vibration of lattice ions of the metal. Therefore, the collision of free electrons with ions or atoms while drifting towards the positive end of the conductor becomes more frequent, resulting in a decrease in relaxation time. Thus resistivity of conductor increases with increase in temperature.
In semiconductor, the energy gap between the conduction band and valence band, at very low temperatures the conduction band of semiconductors are almost empty, i.e it has no charge carriers and hence resistivity is high, but as the temperature increases more and more electrons jump to the conduction band and the resistivity decreases on account of high number of charge carriers,