Nichrome or manganin is widely used in wire-bound standard resistors because of their:
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Nichrome or manganin is widely used in wire-bound standard resistors because of their:
- temperature independent resistivity
- very weakly temperature-dependent resistivity
- strong dependence of resistivity with temperature
- mechanical strength
Answer
(B) very weakly temperature-dependent resistivity
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