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  2. Ohm's law - Wikipedia

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    There are, however, components of electrical circuits which do not obey Ohm's law; that is, their relationship between current and voltage (their I–V curve) is nonlinear (or non-ohmic). An example is the p–n junction diode (curve at right). As seen in the figure, the current does not increase linearly with applied voltage for a diode.

  3. Electrical resistance and conductance - Wikipedia

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    Also called chordal or DC resistance This corresponds to the usual definition of resistance; the voltage divided by the current R s t a t i c = V I. {\displaystyle R_{\mathrm {static} }={V \over I}.} It is the slope of the line (chord) from the origin through the point on the curve. Static resistance determines the power dissipation in an electrical component. Points on the current–voltage ...

  4. Electrical resistivity and conductivity - Wikipedia

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    Electrical resistivity (also called volume resistivity or specific electrical resistance) is a fundamental specific property of a material that measures its electrical resistance or how strongly it resists electric current. A low resistivity indicates a material that readily allows electric current.

  5. Electric current - Wikipedia

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    Introducing the constant of proportionality, the resistance, [14] one arrives at the usual mathematical equation that describes this relationship: [15] =, where I is the current through the conductor in units of amperes , V is the potential difference measured across the conductor in units of volts , and R is the resistance of the conductor in ...

  6. Current–voltage characteristic - Wikipedia

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    A current–voltage characteristic or I–V curve (current–voltage curve) is a relationship, typically represented as a chart or graph, between the electric current through a circuit, device, or material, and the corresponding voltage, or potential difference, across it.

  7. Georg Ohm - Wikipedia

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    In this work, he stated his law for electromotive force acting between the extremities of any part of a circuit is the product of the strength of the current, and the resistance of that part of the circuit. [10] [11] The book begins with the mathematical background necessary for an understanding of the rest of the work.

  8. Current divider - Wikipedia

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    Notation R T refers to the total resistance of the circuit to the right of resistor R X. In electronics, a current divider is a simple linear circuit that produces an output current (I X) that is a fraction of its input current (I T). Current division refers to the splitting of current between the branches of the divider. The currents in the ...

  9. Drude model - Wikipedia

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    The two most significant results of the Drude model are an electronic equation of motion, = (+ ) , and a linear relationship between current density J and electric field E, =. Here t is the time, p is the average momentum per electron and q, n, m , and τ are respectively the electron charge, number density, mass, and mean free time between ...