Ohm's Law

Sunday, July 20, 2014









First we would to thank George Simon Ohm for making the Ohm's law! 







Georg Simon Ohm  (German: 16 March 1789 – 6 July 1854) was a German physicist and mathematician. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own creation, Ohm found that there is a direct proportionality between the potential difference (voltage) applied across a conductor and the resultant electric current. This relationship is known as Ohm's law.






Ohm’s law states that the voltage v across a resistor is directly proportional to the current i flowing through the resistor.

So we have 3 variables in that description which is Voltage(V) , Current(I) and Resistance(R)


So we have this formula








For Current calculation







For Resistance calculation







 Two extreme possible values of R:
An element with R=0 is called short circuit. A short circuit element with resistance approaching zero.






An element with R = ∞ is called open circuit. An open circuit is a circuit element with resistance approaching infinity.








Conductance is the ability of an element to conduct electric current; it is measured in mhos ( ) or siemens (S). 


 The formula is a Reciprocal of Resistance(R)





 Learnings: I learn that we have to assign what loop are we going to use ( If it us clockwise or counter clock wise) and what sign convention ( + or - ) I have to follow. I decided that if enters the positive(+) polarity and leaves the negative (-), I will use the negative polarity. I also learn that Resistance(R) and Conductance(G) are positive quantities, thus Power is always positive. R absorbs power from the circuit ( Passive Element)

Watch this video to know more about Ohm's Law




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