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5/02/2011

Resistance and conductance

The unit of electric resistance is the ohm( ), where one ohm is one volt per ampere. It is defined as the resistance between two points in a conductor when a constant electric potential of one volt applied at the two points produces a current flow of one ampere in the conductor. Thus,
whereV is the potential difference across the two points, in volts, and I is the current flowing between the two points, in amperes. The reciprocal of resistance is called conductance and is measured in siemens (S). Thus
where R is the resistance in ohms.

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