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Voltage and Current

Which resistive component is designed to be temperature sensitive?

Thermistor

Rheostat

Potentiometer

Photoconductive cell

Answer: Option

Explanation:

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Discussion:

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Swathi said: 1 decade ago

Here sensitive means the degree or certainity of o/p for a change in input, temperature change is high so, thermistor is the right answer.

Raju said: 1 decade ago

Thermistors is a type of resister whose resistances varies significantly with temperature. Temperature increasing resistances decreasing.

Rajashri B Arsud said: 1 decade ago

Thermistor has two types,

1) PTC - Positive temperature co-efficient.

2) NTC - Negative temperature co-efficient.

Jayalakshmi said: 1 decade ago

Thermistor is device designed specially to measure temperature. Hence it is a temperature sensitive component.

AB AR_4744 said: 6 years ago

@Shreedhar is right,

The kind of thermistor may be what ever, but both NTC and PTC sensitive to temperature.

Vrushali warkhedkar said: 1 decade ago

This is type of resistor used to calculate tempreture, this resistor is specialy design for temp measurement.

Anu said: 1 decade ago

Here name it self specifies that thermistor is a temperature varing device.

Thermal+resister->thermistor.

Sundar said: 1 decade ago

Thermal+Resistor = Thermistor.

Thermal->temperature.

So, the resistor value depends on the temperature.

Manoj said: 1 decade ago

Thermistor contain a variable resister. The resister value vary according to the variation on temperature.

Sireesha said: 1 decade ago

If temperature increases then resistance value decreases means it is a negative temperature coefficient.

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