De Guzman, Victoria Mae T.

BS Chemical Engineering

EXPERIMENT 3: RESISTOR COLOR CODING

OBJECTIVE:
1. To use resistor color coding scheme to determine the resistance value.
2. To determine different types of resistors according to construction.

ACTIVITY:
A. Enumerate the five (5) different types of resistors according to construction. Discuss the
functions of each resistor.

1. The carbon composition resistor is a type of fixed resistor

that reduces or restricts the electric current flow to a certain
level. Carbon composition resistors are made by mixing carbon
granules with the help of binder which is a binding agent and
then converted into a small rod. They can be used in RF loads.

2. The carbon film resistor acts as the resistive material to the

electric current. Hence, the carbon film blocks some amount of
electric current. The ceramic substrate acts as the insulating
material to the heat or electricity. Carbon film resistors have the
carbon film on the ceramic former and they are covered with
insulation coating material like epoxy (for protection). This type
of resistor is not used today as superior resistor technologies are
available at lower cost.

3. The wire wound resistor is used in a variety of

applications and in particular as a power resistor where
larger amounts of power need to be dissipated. Normally
the resistive wire is insulated, so that adjacent wires do not
short together. The wire wound resistor is made by
winding the metal wire around a metal core. These
resistors have low noise and can be supplied to much more
close tolerance and thus make them far superior from
carbon film resistors. This type of resistors is used in almost all applications now.
 4. The metal film resistor acts in the same way as resistance wire,
and as the thickness, width and length can be accurately controlled,
the metal film resistor can be produced to a high tolerance. Metal
film resistors can be obtained in a wide range of resistance values
from a few Ohms to tens of millions of Ohms with a very small
tolerance. These resistors are made from small rods of ceramic
coated with metal such as a nickel alloy or a metal oxide such as
tin oxide.

5. Thick film resistors are produced by applying a resistive film or

paste, a mixture of glass and conductive materials, to a substrate.
Thick film technology allows high resistance values to be printed
on a cylindrical or flat substrate either covered entirely or in
various patterns.

B. Fill in the blanks with the values of the resistors corresponding to the colors.

First Color Second Color Third Color Resistance Value

1. Brown Blue Brown 160 Ω

2. Red Blue Black 26 Ω

3. Brown Black Yellow 100 K Ω

4. Yellow White Red 4.9 K Ω

5. Brown Black Red 1KΩ

6. Yellow Yellow Silver 0.44 Ω

7. Red Brown Gold 2.1 Ω

8. Brown Black Gold 1Ω

9. Violet Red Black 72 Ω

10. Orange Black Green 3MΩ

 C. Fill in the blanks with the colors of the resistors corresponding to their values.

Resistance Value First Color Second Color Third Color

1. 10 Ω Brown Black Black

2. 620 Ω Blue Red Brown

3. 110 Ω Brown Brown Brown

4. 50 K Ω Green Black Orange

5. 1.9 K Ω Brown White Red

6. 300 Ω Orange Black Brown

7. 1000 Ω Brown Black Red

8. 2.2 M Ω Red Red Green

9. 350 Ω Orange Green Brown

10. 330 K Ω Orange Orange Yellow