[AMPS] Silver Plating question

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>
>measures wrote:
>
>>>BTW, the units of resistivity are ohm-cm (that's cm^2 of cross-sectional
>>>area on the top line of the fraction, divided by cm of conductor
>>>length).
>>>
>>€  Micro-ohms per cubic centimeter is a standard method of measuring
>>resistance.  Anyone who has taken a college level course that covered
>>this subject - and managed to stay awake - should be aware of it.
>
>Terman, writing before WW2, used "ohms per centimeter cube" (the correct
>form of this older term) but that has been outdated for several decades
>since rational systems of units were devised.
>
>As for "college level"... over here, resistivity (in ohm-cm) used to be
>taught at about age 14.
>
€  Micro-ohms per cubic centimeter was being taught in U. S. colleges 
long after WWII.  Either system gets the job done.  

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  


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