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Temperature affects the resistivity of materials which, in turn, affects their resistance. For pure metal conductors, their resistance increases with temperature. As an inductor is often made from a coil of copper wire, its resistance will increase whenever its temperature increases. If it is important for the resistance to remain constant over a wide variation of temperature, then alloys, such as constantin, are used instead of copper. These alloys maintain an approximately-constant resistance over a wide range of temperatures.
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Is it possible to heat coil using dc power supply?
Yes, it possible to heat a coil using dc power supply. An inductor resists a change in current, proportional to voltage and inversely proportional to inductance. The equation of an inductor is di/dt = v/L An ideal inductor, if connected to an ideal DC supply, with ideal conductors, would ramp up current in a linear fashion without limit, eventually reaching infinity amperes after infinite time. Since no inductor is ideal, nor is any DC supply, nor is any conductor, the current would reach a maximum based on the capacity of the DC supply and the DC resistance of the inductor and conductors. Since the DC resistance of the inductor is also not zero, this means, by Ohm's law, that the inductor must dissipate some power. That will cause the inductor to heat up.
Does a transformer draw a lot of current when first connected to a source?
Yes it does as it is an Inductor and an Inductor needs to build up a magnetic field. It is called INRUSH current.
Why inductor block ac and pass dc?
When your circuit starts up, your inductor creates an electrical current in the opposite direction. With dc, this effect vanished after the circuit is started. With ac, the current keeps starting and stopping so the inductor keeps creating a current in the opposite direction.
What happens when a inductor reaches a steady state?
An inductor looks like a piece of wire to DC. It will thus look like a resistor, and inductor properties do not apply.
Why l is symbol for inductor?
inductor was invented by scientist lenz so it is denoted by l..
