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    Which is the resistance? 1/Slope or V/I? (in I-V graph)

    Thx, Helps a lot. :smile: I went to the site which you told. hmm... Electrical Resistivity @ 20 ºC (microhm-cm) 5.5 Electrical Resistivity @ 227 ºC (microhm-cm) 10.5 Electrical Resistivity @ 727 ºC (microhm-cm) 24.3 Electrical Resistivity @ 1727 ºC (microhm-cm) 55.7 Electrical...
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    Which is the resistance? 1/Slope or V/I? (in I-V graph)

    So what is the meaning of the slope? it has the resistance's unit as well...
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    Which is the resistance? 1/Slope or V/I? (in I-V graph)

    Thx Does it? I think Ohm's law states that I is proportional to V, that is V/I equals a constant. I hope R = V/I in this case as well If so, what is the meaning of the inverse of the slope? It has the resistance's unit as well. Or it is the resistance? Then, what is V/I?
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    Which is the resistance? 1/Slope or V/I? (in I-V graph)

    Thx ag The resistance of anything is R=V/I and the reistance of the filament at a given point is the slope? Don't they seem to be contradictory? Because the inverse of the slope doen't equal to V/l anyway. Can you tell me why? thanks :confused:
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    Which is the resistance? 1/Slope or V/I? (in I-V graph)

    Thx I agree. But the filament of the bulb doesn't obey ohm's law, i.e. the relationship (rs) is not linear. It is a coincidence that the slope equals to the quotient of any coordinates on the I-V graph when the rs is linear and the line passes through the origin. So, in the particular case...
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    Which is the resistance? 1/Slope or V/I? (in I-V graph)

    I've just done the experiment on investigating the resistance of a piece of filament. As expected, the dots on the I-V graph shows a curve trend. But what is the resistance of each point on the curve? the 1/slope? or just the x coordinate/y coordinate? What's the difference? Thanks. :smile:
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