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A more general definition of the temperature coefficient of resistivity is:

   

where is the resistivity at temperature T

a. Assuming that is constant, show that

 

where is the resistivity at temperature  

b. Using the series expansion for , show that resistivity is given approximately by the expression

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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