College Physics 10th Edition by Raymond Serway,Chris Vuille

Exercise 30

A tungsten wire in a vacuum has length 15.0 cm and radius 1.00 mm. A potential difference is applied across it. (a) What is the resistance of the wire at 293 K (b) Suppose the wire reaches an equilibrium temperature such that it emits 75.0 W in the form of radiation. Neglecting absorption of any radiation from its environment, what is the temperature of the wire ( Note: = 0.320 for tungsten.) (c) What is the resistance of the wire at the temperature found in part (b) Assume the temperature changes linearly over this temperature range. (d) What voltage drop is required across the wire (e) Why are tungsten lightbulbs energetically inefficient as light sources