Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Characteristics of alternating currents

Characteristics of alternating currents — practice question

An alternating current has a mean value of zero.
(a(i))[2]

Explain why an alternating current produces a heating effect in a resistor.

(a(ii))[2]

By referring to heating effect, what is meant by the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) value of an alternating current.

(b(i))[2]

State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.

(b(ii))[3]

Use Faraday’s law to explain why the current in the primary coil is not in phase with the e.m.f. induced in the secondary coil.

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