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  2. Ohm's law - Wikipedia

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    Ohm's law states that the electric current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points. Introducing the constant of proportionality, the resistance, [1] one arrives at the three mathematical equations used to describe this relationship: [2]

  3. Electrical resistivity and conductivity - Wikipedia

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    The resistance of a given element is proportional to the length, but inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area. For example, if A = 1 m 2 , ℓ {\displaystyle \ell } = 1 m (forming a cube with perfectly conductive contacts on opposite faces), then the resistance of this element in ohms is numerically equal to the resistivity of the ...

  4. Electrical resistance and conductance - Wikipedia

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    Ohm's law is satisfied when the graph is a straight line through the origin. Therefore, the two resistors are ohmic, but the diode and battery are not. For many materials, the current I through the material is proportional to the voltage V applied across it: over a wide range of voltages and currents. Therefore, the resistance and conductance ...

  5. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Ohm's law, in physics: the ratio of the potential difference (or voltage drop) between the ends of a conductor (and resistor) to the current flowing through it is a constant. Discovered by and named after Georg Simon Ohm (1789–1854).

  6. Electric current - Wikipedia

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    Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference across the two points. Introducing the constant of proportionality, the resistance , [ 14 ] one arrives at the usual mathematical equation that describes this relationship: [ 15 ] I = V R , {\displaystyle I={\frac {V}{R}},}

  7. Current sensing - Wikipedia

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    The common and simple approach to current sensing is the use of a shunt resistor. That the voltage drop across the shunt is proportional to its current flow, i.e. ohm's law, makes the low resistance current shunt a very popular choice for current measurement system with its low cost and high reliability.

  8. Joule heating - Wikipedia

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    The high electrical conductivity values represent a larger number of ionic compounds suspended in the product, which is directly proportional to the rate of heating. [10] This value is increased in the presence of polar compounds , like acids and salts, but decreased with nonpolar compounds , like fats. [ 10 ]

  9. Drift velocity - Wikipedia

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    The formula for evaluating the drift velocity of charge carriers in a material of constant cross-sectional area is given by: [1] =, where u is the drift velocity of electrons, j is the current density flowing through the material, n is the charge-carrier number density, and q is the charge on the charge-carrier.