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Many people use steel and stainless steel, perhaps stainless steel welding wire to make cheap resistance heating elements.

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Three ways which resistance of a wire can be increased?

You can increase the resistance in the wire, by doing any of the following:Increase the length of the wire.Reduce the wire's cross-section.Change to a material that has a greater resistivity (specific resistance).You can increase the resistance in the wire, by doing any of the following:Increase the length of the wire.Reduce the wire's cross-section.Change to a material that has a greater resistivity (specific resistance).You can increase the resistance in the wire, by doing any of the following:Increase the length of the wire.Reduce the wire's cross-section.Change to a material that has a greater resistivity (specific resistance).You can increase the resistance in the wire, by doing any of the following:Increase the length of the wire.Reduce the wire's cross-section.Change to a material that has a greater resistivity (specific resistance).


Is a wire thick with low electric resistance?

A wire that is thicker than another wire of the same material has less resistance


Which material has a greater resistance aluminum or copper wire?

Aluminium wire has high resistance than Copper.


Electrical resistance in a wire depends on the wire's?

It's dependent on the wire's composition. That is, what material it is made of. <<>> The electrical resistance in a wire depends on the wire's length and cross sectional area.


Two ways resistance of a wire can be increased?

The resistance of a wire is determined by the following formula. R = (rho)L/A, where the greek letter rho (it looks like a p) is a value assigned to a material based on how resistive it is by nature, L is the length of the wire, and A is the cross-sectional area (AKA how thick the wire is). Increase the length, or change the material to something with higher restistivity. Hope this helps!


Does long wire have a lower or higher resistance than short wire?

A long piece of wire will have more resistance in it than a shorter one of the same material.


Does a thin wire has more RESISTIVITy or a thin wire of the same material?

Resistivity is a property of the material only, not of the dimensions of the wire. The resistance of a wire is the resistivity times the length divided by the cross-section area. So a long wire has more resistance, a thicker wire has less resistance, even if they are both made of copper with the same resistivity.


Which has more resistance a thick or a thin wire?

For a given material, a wire of smaller cross-section will have higher resistance per unit length.


Why is less resistance for a conductor wire good?

Resistance in a wire restricts the movement of the electrons through the wire. This restriction transfers some of the energy contained in the electrons into the material of the wire and as this energy accumulates in the material of the wire the wire starts to heat. Therefore, there the energy that is transferred into the wire material is considered wasted because it is not available as electrical energy, which means the consumer who is using that wire is charge for the electrical energy that is waste. It the resistance is less in that conductor the consumer will save money.


The magnitude of the resistance of a wire depends on?

Temperature, Length of wire, Area of the cross-section of wire and nature of the material.


Which is a better conductor between a short wire and long wire?

Double the length is double the resistance. Resistance of a wire is the resistivity of the material, times the length, divided by the cross-section area.


What are the two factors of a wire that will alter its resistance?

The resistance of the wire is directly proportional to the length and inversely proportional to the area of cross section. Also it depends on the material of the wire with which it is made. So three factors. Length, area of cross section, material.