In the experiment of potentiometer, at balance, there is no current in the
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(b) When the both potential, ie, potential difference across the chosen length of potentiometer wire and potential difference caused by the cell in secondary circuit, becomes equal and opposite, no current flows through the secondary circuit. Thus the gaivanometer shows null deflection.
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