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Current Electricity
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Graph showing the variation of current versus voltage for a material GaAs is shown in the figure. Identify the region of

i) negative resistance

ii) where Ohm’s law is obeyed.    

                         

Answer

i) The region of negative resistance is DE because, the slope is negative for this part of curve.

ii) BC is the part of the curve where Ohm’s law is obeyed because here, current is varying linearly with with the voltage. This gives us direct proportionality between current and voltage.

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