Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Resistance



Resistance is potential difference per unit current and the equation is:

Resistance = potential difference/current

Therefore resistance must be measured in volts per ampere. The SI unit is known as ohm. We use the capital Greek letter (omega) Ω to represent it.
So if a component has a potential difference of 4V and a current of 2A, the resistance would be:
4/2=2Ω (ohms)

When an electron moves across a wire, resistance is produced because the electron does not take a straight route through it. It will have lots of collisions and that will cause resistance. Resistance is a hindrance to the flow of charge.

2 comments:

  1. What is it that the electrons are having collisions with? Does the value of the current or the length of the wire affect the number of collisions? If so how? and why?

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