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Galvanometer is similiar to ammeter which is used to detect small current through it

whereas a voltmeter measures the potential difference in a cicuit..

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What was the applications of galvanometer?

It can be used to form ammeter measuring the current intensity , Voltmeter measuring the potential difference , ohmmeter measuring the resistance.


What are the difference between a multimeter and a voltmeter?

A multimeter measures electrical properties such as AC or DC voltage, current, and resistance. Rather than have separate meters, a multimeter combines a voltmeter, an ammeter, and an ohmmeter. The two main kinds of a multimeter are analog and digital. A voltmeter measures the potential difference (voltage) between two points. the voltmeter only measures volts.


What is the difference between electrodynamometer and galvanometer?

Electrodynamometer: An instrument that measures large amount of electric current by indicating the strength of repulsion or attraction between the magnetic fields of two sets of coils, one fixed and one movable. whereas, Galvanometer: An instrument for detecting and measuring small electric currents.


What is the purpose voltmeter?

The purpose of a voltmeter is to measure the number of volts contained in a wire. If the number of volts is too high then the wire can't hold in all of the volts and you get shocked. ================ Beautiful. A voltmeter is used to measure the potential difference between two points, usually but not always in an electronic circuit comprised of many components.


What instrument do you use to measure electrical force?

Electric force is the attractive or repulsive force between two charged particles. The potential difference between two points can be measured with a Voltmeter.

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What is the difference between the construction of a moving coil galvanometer and a ballistic galvanometer?

What is the difference between the construction of a moving coil galvanometer and a ballistic galvanometer?


What was the applications of galvanometer?

It can be used to form ammeter measuring the current intensity , Voltmeter measuring the potential difference , ohmmeter measuring the resistance.


A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by placing?

a high resistance in series


Convortion of moving coil galvanometrr into voltmeter?

A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting it with very high resistance.


Uses of voltmeter?

A voltmeter is used to measure the difference in electric potential ("voltage") between two points, usually but not necessarily in an electrical circuit..


What resistance value is add to convert a galvanometer into a voltmeter?

It depends on the resistance of the galvanometer and the current required to reach full scale. A 100 ohm meter requiring 1 milliampere would require 99.9 KOhms in series to become a 100 volt voltmeter.


How is a voltmeter connected in the circuit to measure the potential difference between two points?

The voltmeter is connected in parallel between the two points whose potential difference is required.


High resistance in parallel connected with galvanometer to form voltmeter?

That won't work. To convert an ammeter (a galvanometer is a very sensitive type of ammeter) you connect a high value resistor in series with it.


What should you do to convert a galvano meter into volto meter?

Connect a large but precisely known resistance in series with the galvanometer. For example, if you connect a 1-Megohm resistor in series with it, then the galvanometer will indicate 1 microampere of current when it's connected across a potential difference of 1 volt ... quite a sensitve voltmeter.


What is a voltmeter?

a calibrated instrument for measuring the potential difference between two points.


What is a use of a voltmeter?

A voltmeter is used to measure the difference in electric potential ("voltage") between two points, usually but not necessarily in an electrical circuit..


What are the difference between a multimeter and a voltmeter?

A multimeter measures electrical properties such as AC or DC voltage, current, and resistance. Rather than have separate meters, a multimeter combines a voltmeter, an ammeter, and an ohmmeter. The two main kinds of a multimeter are analog and digital. A voltmeter measures the potential difference (voltage) between two points. the voltmeter only measures volts.