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Ohm's law - calculator and formulas

Resistance (ohms), current (amps), and voltage (volts)
Ohm's Law is the linear proportionality between current and voltage that occurs for most conductors of electricity. A graph of voltage against current is a straight line. The gradient is the resistance. Practitioners rarely speak of potential difference, when electrical voltage (drop) is meant.

Input:
resistance R ohms current I
calculate =

Output: voltage V

amperes

volts

voltage V volts

resistance R
calculate =

current I

ohms

amperes

voltage V volts

current I
calculate =

resistance R

amperes

ohms

= reset.

V=RI

I=V/R

R=V/I

The formulas of Ohm's Law

Ohm's Law can be rewritten in three ways for calculating current, resistance, and voltage. If a current I should flow through a resistor R, the voltage V can be calculated.
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V=RI
If there is a voltage V across a resistor R, a current I flows through it. I can be calculated.

I=V/R
If a current I flows through a resistor, and there is a voltage V across the resistor R can be calculated.

R=V/I
Name Formula sign Unit voltage V or E volt current I ampere (amp) resistance R ohm power P watt Symbol V A W

Tip: Ohm's magic triangle

The magic V I R triangle can be used to calculate all formulations of ohm's law. Use a finger to hide the value to be calculated. The other two values then show how to do the calculation. The symbol I or J = Latin: influare, international ampere, and R = resistance. V = voltage, electric potential difference, also called voltage drop, or E = electro motive force (EMF = voltage).

If you need the unit of power P = V I look for the Big Power Formulas: Calculations: power, voltage, current, resistance, and power
Some are of the opinion that Georg Simon Ohm calculated the "specific resistance". Therefore they believe that only this can be the true ohm's law. Value of the Resistance

R = Resistance = Electrical resistivity l = Cable length

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A = Cross-sectional area

m2

Electrical conductivity (conductance) (sigma) = 1/ Specific electrical resistance (resistivity) (rho) = 1/

Electrical Electrical conductivity Electrical resistivity conductors Electrical conductance Specific resistance silver = 62 = 0.0161 copper = 58 = 0.0172 aluminium

= 36

= 0.0277

To use the calculator, simply enter a value. Calculator works in both directions of the sign.
Electrical conductivity :
58

S m / mm

Specific elec. resistance :

0.017241

Ohm mm / m

=1/

=1/

The value of the electrical conductivity (conductance) and the specific electrical resistance (resistivity) is a temperature dependent material constant. Mostly it is given at 20 or 25C.

Resistance R = (l / A) or R = l / ( A)
For all conductors the specific resistivity changes with the temperature. In a limited temperature range it is approximately linear: where is the temperature coefficient, T is the temperature and T0 is any temperature, such as T0 = 293.15 K = 20C at which the electrical resistivity (T0) is known.

Cross-sectional area - cross section - slice plane

Now there is the question: How can you calculate the cross sectional area (slice plane) A from the wire diameter d and vice versa? Calculation of the cross section A (slice plane) from diameter d:
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r = radius of the wire d = diameter of the wire

Calculation diameter d from cross section A (slice plane):

Cross section A of the wire in mm2 inserted in this formula gives the diameter d in mm.

Calculation Round cables and wires: Diameter to cross section and vice versa Electrical voltage V = I R (Ohm's law)

Electrical voltage = amperage resistance Please enter two values, the third value will be calculated. Electrical voltage V: Amperage I: Resistance R:
reset calculate

volts amps ohms

Electric power P = V I

(Power law)

Electric power = voltage amperage Please enter two values, the third value will be calculated. Electric Power P: Voltage V: Amperage I:
reset calculate

watts volts amps

Ohm's law. V = I R, where V is the potential across a circuit element, I is the current through it, and R is its resistance. This is not a generally applicable definition of resistance. It is only applicable to ohmic resistors, those whose resistance R is constant over the range of interest and V obeys a strictly linear relation to I. Materials are said to be ohmic when V depends linearly on R. Metals are ohmic so long as one holds their temperature constant. But changing the temperature of a metal changes R
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slightly. When the current changes rapidly, as when turning on a light, or when using AC sources, slightly non-linear and non-ohmic behavior can be observed. For non-ohmic resistors, R is current-dependent and the definition R = dV/dI is far more useful. This is sometimes called the dynamic resistance. Solid state devices such as thermistors are non-ohmic and non-linear. A thermistor's resistance decreases as it warms up, so its dynamic resistance is negative. Tunnel diodes and some electrochemical processes have a complicated I to V curve with a negative resistance region of operation. The dependence of resistance on current is partly due to the change in the device's temperature with increasing current, but other subtle processes also contribute to change in resistance in solid state devices.

Calculation: Parallel Resistance (Resistor) Calculator Color Code Calculator for Resistors In acoustics we use ohm's law as acoustic equivalent
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