Simply resistivity or Electrical resistivity is the resistance of the flow of current from one end to the other in a material. Electrical resistivity is a simply accessible and informative quantity to describe the material. It is the reciprocal of electrical conductivity. The resistivity is represented as ρ and it is directly proportional to the material resistance and length. Resistivity is inversely proportional to the area of cross-section of the given material.
Formula of Resistivity
The resistivity formula is expressed as
Where ρ is the resistivity, R is the resistance, l is the length of the material and A is the area of cross-section.
Resistivity Solved Examples
Problem 1: Compute the resistivity of the given material whose resistance is 2 Ω; area of cross-section and length are 25cm2 and 15 cm respectively?
Answer:
Given
R = 2 Ω
l = 15 cm = 0.15 m
A = 25 cm2 = 0.25 m2
Resistivity formula is
Problem 2: The length and area of wire are given as 0.2 m and 0.5 m2 respectively. The resistance of that wire is 3 Ω, calculate the resistivity?
Answer:
Given
R = 3 Ω
l = 0.2 m and
A = 0.5 m2
Resistivity formula is
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