ACTIVITY No.

4
INDUCTIVE CIRCUIT

OBJECTIVES

1. To investigate an AC inductive circuit.

2. To investigate the impedance of an inductor and see how this varies with frequency.

INSTRUMENT ang MATERIALS

Audio Generator
Digital Multimeter
Connecting wires
Breadboard
100-mH Inductor

DISCUSSION

Inductor is a fundamental electrical element that opposes any change in electric current.
Also known as a coil or choke, it is composed of a coil of wire wound around a supporting core
that maybe magnetic or nonmagnetic. A measure of an inductor’s ability to oppose the original
current is inductance. Inductance is measured in Henry (H).
A pure inductor in an AC circuit takes a current that lags behind the impressed emfby 90
electrical degrees. Storing and releasing equal amounts of electromagneric energy during
successive quarter cycles, the average evergy per cycle involved in such a circuit is zero; this
means that the average power delivered to an inductor is zero.
Inductive reactance is the opposition to the flow of current, which results in the continual
interchange of energy between the source and the electric field of the inductor. The inductor’s
reactance is also called impedance and is measured in ohms.
Figure 4.1 below shows the circuit diagram of an inductive circuit diagram of an
inductive circuit with corresponding wave diagram and phasor diagram showing the phase
relationship.

Figure 4.1
PROCEDURES

1. Connect the circuit as shown in the writing diagram of Figure 4.2.

2. Adjust the generator to 4KHz to give an output of 1 V rms as shown on the meter.
3. Record the reading of the ammeter in Table 4.1.
4. Readjust the output voltage to 2 V rms and record the resulting current.
5. Repeat this for 3 V rms.
6. Record the currents and calculate the corresponding impedance for each voltage.
7. Repeat procedures 2-5 for 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 KHz frequency.
8. Calculate the average impedance for each frequency with the frequency as abscissa
and the impedance as ordinate.

Figure 4.2

Table 4.1

Frequency Voltage Current Impedance

(KHz) (V rms) (mA rms) (KΩ)
1
4 2
3
1
8 2
3
1
12 2
3
1
16 2
3
1
20 2
3
1
24 2
3
Table 4.2

Frequency (kHz) Average Impedance (kΩ)

4
8
12
16
20
24

OBSERVATIONS:

CONCLUSION:
 Activity No. 4
In Electrical
Circuits II

Submitted By: John Paul M. Baquiran

CEIT-03-601E

Submitted To: Engr. Pio Advincula