WHAT IS RESISTIVITY

Certain material permit the reasonable free passage of electric current, are term conductors. Others oppose such a free passage and are called insulators. These abilities are simply take relative to one-another and depend on the material considered. The resistance of a conductor is directly proportional to its length.

FACTORS AFFECTING RESISTIVITY There are three things that will affect the resistivity. 1. The type of material used to make the conductor. 2. The length of the on conductor. 3. Cross section area (C.S.A) of the conductor.

THE FORMULA FOR RESISTIVITY

Where R= Resistance of the material in OHMS LAW. P= Resistivity of the material. L=Length of the material. A= Cross sectional area of the material.

WHAT IS TEMPERATURE CO-EFFICENT

This is the temperature of all pure metals that is directly proportional to the change in temperature, while carbon, electrolytes and installing materials is inversely proportion to the change in temperature. This means that directly proportional resistance increase with the increasing temperature, and decrease with the decrease in temperature, while inversely is vise versa. All pure metals will have a positive temperature coefficient while carbon electrolytes and installing materials will have a negative temperature change.

THE FORMULA FOR TEMPERATURE COEFFIENT Where R1=Resistance of the material at an initial temperature. R2=Resistance of the material at a second temperature. =Temperature coefficient of the material T1=Initial temperature T2=Second temperature.

THE TYPES OF CURRENT 1. DIRECT CURRENT AND ALTERNATIVE CURRENT There are two types of electric current: direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC). The electrons in direct current flow in one direction. The current produced by a battery is direct current. The electrons in alternating current flow in one direction, then in the opposite directionover and over again. In the United States, the current flow alternates 120 times per second. (In Europe it alternates 100 times per second.) The current supplied to your home by the local utility is alternating current.