Question
What is electrical resistance? Write its SI unit.
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Answer
The obstruction offered to the flow of current by the wire is called its electrical resistance. It is a kind of friction between the free electrons and the atoms of the conductor along which they flow.
Its SI unit is 'ohm'.
Its SI unit is 'ohm'.
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