A power plant is being built that will deliver 870 kW at 16,000 V using a platinum cable with a resistance of 0.066 2. The cable will have a cross-sectional area of 0.005 m². Determine the cable's length and the power loss of the cable. Material. Resistivity (Ω·m) 2.65 x 10-8 1.68 x 10-8 L = 2.44 x 108 power loss = 9.71 x 10-8 10.6 x 10-8 1.59 x 10-8 5.60 x 108 Aluminum Copper Gold Iron Platinum Silver Tungsten

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A power plant is being built that will deliver 870 kW at 16,000 V using a platinum cable with a resistance of 0.066 2. The cable will have a cross-sectional area of 0.005 m².
Determine the cable's length and the power loss of the cable.
Material
Resistivity
(2.m)
2.65 x 10-8
1.68 x 10-8
2.44 x 10-8
L =
9.71 x 10-8
power loss =
10.6 x 10-8
1.59 x 108
5.60 x 108
Aluminum
Copper
Gold
Iron
Platinum
Silver
Tungsten
Transcribed Image Text:A power plant is being built that will deliver 870 kW at 16,000 V using a platinum cable with a resistance of 0.066 2. The cable will have a cross-sectional area of 0.005 m². Determine the cable's length and the power loss of the cable. Material Resistivity (2.m) 2.65 x 10-8 1.68 x 10-8 2.44 x 10-8 L = 9.71 x 10-8 power loss = 10.6 x 10-8 1.59 x 108 5.60 x 108 Aluminum Copper Gold Iron Platinum Silver Tungsten
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