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    Resistors oppose the flow of electric current and are measured in ohms. They have two main characteristics - resistance value and power dissipating capacity. Resistors are used widely in applications like heaters, electronics, and current limiting. They come in varying resistance values, tolerances, and power ratings depending on their use. Resistors can be fixed or variable. Fixed resistors include carbon composition, metalized, and wire wound types that differ in construction materials and methods. Variable resistors allow adjustable resistance and are used when resistance needs to change while connected to a circuit.

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    Resistors oppose the flow of electric current and are measured in ohms. They have two main characteristics - resistance value and power dissipating capacity. Resistors are used widely in applications like heaters, electronics, and current limiting. They come in varying resistance values, tolerances, and power ratings depending on their use. Resistors can be fixed or variable. Fixed resistors include carbon composition, metalized, and wire wound types that differ in construction materials and methods. Variable resistors allow adjustable resistance and are used when resistance needs to change while connected to a circuit.

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    Resistors oppose the flow of electric current and are measured in ohms. They have two main characteristics - resistance value and power dissipating capacity. Resistors are used widely in applications like heaters, electronics, and current limiting. They come in varying resistance values, tolerances, and power ratings depending on their use. Resistors can be fixed or variable. Fixed resistors include carbon composition, metalized, and wire wound types that differ in construction materials and methods. Variable resistors allow adjustable resistance and are used when resistance needs to change while connected to a circuit.

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    RESISTORS AND TYPES OF RESISTORS

    Whats is a resistance?
    The property of a substance, which oppses the flow of an electric current through it is called a
    resistance. Its is measured in ohms and is represented by letter ‘R’.
    Each resistor has two main characteristics.
    1) Its resistance value in ohms and 2) its power dissipating capacity in watts
    Resistors are employed for many purposes such as electric heaters,telephone equipments, electric
    and electronic circuit elements and in current limiting devices. As resistors are used in wide
    applications there values like power rating,R value, tolerance etc vary. Resistors of resistance
    value ranging from .1ohms to many mega ohms are manufatured. Acceptable tolerance levels
    range from +/- 20% to as low as +/-.001%. The power rating may be as low as 1/10 watts and
    can be in several hundred watts. These all vary in range and type of application a particular
    resistor is used.
    Classification of Resistors:
    From operating conditions point of view, resistors can be classified into two.
    1) Fixed resistors
    2) Adjustable/ variable resistors

    1) Fixed resistors are further classified into:


    a) Carbon composition type resistors b) Metalized type resistors c) Wire wound type resistors
    a) Carbon composition type resistors:
    This is the most common type of low wattage resistor. The resistive material is of carbon-clay
    composition and the leads are made of tinned copper. These resistors are cheap and reliable and
    stability is high.
    b)Wire wound resistors:
    These resistors are a length of wire wound an insulating cylindrical core. Usually wires of
    material such as constantan (60% copper and 40% nickel) and manganin which have high
    resistivities and low temperature coefficients are employed. The completed wire wound resistor
    is coated with an insulating material such as baked enamel.
    c) Metalized resistors
    It is constructed using film deposition techniques of depositing a thick film of resistive material
    onto an insulating substrate.Only approximate values of resistance can be had by this method.
    2) Variable resistors
    For circuits requiring a resistance that can be adjusted while it remains connected in the
    circuit(for eg: volume control on radio), variable resistors are required. They usually have 3 lead
    two fixed and one movable.
    Source : http://todayscircuits.blogspot.com/2011/06/resistors-and-types-of-
    resistors.html#.VHB8xDSUdhg

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