What current flows through a 2.56-cm-diameter rod of pure silicon that is 20.0 cm long, when 1.00 ✕ 103 v is applied to it? (such a rod may be used to make nuclear particle detectors, for example.)

The current flowing through the rod is calculated by the ohm's law which states that the voltage across the circuit is equal to the product of resistance and the current flowing through the circuit.

The current flowing through the rod is .

Given that the diameter of the rod is 2.56 cm and the length of the rod is 20 cm. The voltage across the circuit is 1.00 ✕ 10^3 V.

We know that the resistivity of silicon is 2300 ohm-m.

The resistance can be calculated as given below.

Where R is the resistance, l is length and A is the cross-sectional area of the rod.

The current flowing through the rod is calculated as given below.

Hence we can conclude that the current flowing through the rod is .

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Current, I = 0.0011 A

Explanation:

It is given that,

Diameter of rod, d = 2.56 cm

Radius of rod, r = 1.28 cm = 0.0128 m

The resistivity of the pure silicon,

Length of rod, l = 20 cm = 0.2 m

Voltage,

The resistivity of the rod is given by :

R = 893692.30 ohms

Current flowing in the rod is calculated using Ohm's law as :

V = I R

I = 0.0011 A

So, the current flowing in the rod is 0.0011 A. Hence, this is the required solution.