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Robert Cinca - Physics
The resistivity of tungsten with temperature along with its respective plotted graph 5 .
Temp Resistivity
[K] μΩ·cm
300 5.65
400 8.06
500 10.56
600 13.23
700 16.09
800 19
900 21.94
1000 24.93
1100 27.94
1200 30.98
1300 34.08
1400 37.19
1500 40.36
1600 43.55
1700 46.78
1800 50.05
1900 53.35
2000 56.67
2100 60.06
2200 63.48
2300 66.91
2400 70.39
2500 73.91
2600 77.49
2700 81.04
2800 84.7
2900 88.33
3000 92.04
3100 95.76
3200 99.54
3300 103.3
3400 107.2
3500 111.1
3600 115
5 “Resistivity of Tungsten”, The Physics Factbook [Online][Date Accessed 13/06/13] URL:
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/DeannaStewart.shtml (Elert, 2004)
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