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Over the same distance the larger diameter wire will have less resistance that the smaller diameter wire.
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If two wires of the same material have the same thickness but different length the blank wire will have greater resistance?
The thinner the wire, the higher the resistance. The thicker the wire, the resistance decreases. Think of it this way. The thick wire has more room for electrons to jump around, but the thin wire has less room.
Why are wires supplying electric current to the water heater thicker than those supplying current to the lights?
the water heater operates at high power compared to the lights and so the water heater requires a larger current. The wires supplying current to the water heater are thicker so that the wires have a low resistance. This reduces the risk of the wires overheating.
Why is there more resistance in a thin wire than thicker wire?
Due to the less space available for the electrons to travel across the thinner wire.
Do thicker wires use more energy than thinner wires?
Wires themselves don't really consume energy. The only time the power consumption of wires comes into concern is when they are run at long distances. Short distances of wires consume so little energy that the amount is quite negligible. The power loss is due to the conductors heating up as the current flows through them. In your case the thicker wires would cause less resistance to the flow of current and would in turn cause less heating.
Which has greater resistance a thick wire or a thin wire of the same lenght?
The thin wire has more resistance to the flow of electric current than the thick wire. If you connect the wires to a battery the battery will supply electrical pressure (voltage) and the wires serve similar to pipes that conduct water under pressure. A small pipe exhibits more resistance to the flow of water and a thin wire exhibits more resistance to the flow of electrons. However, as you point out different wire materials exhibit different resistances for equal sizes (silver conducts better than copper, etc.).
Why is thicker nylon stronger than thinner?
Thicker nylon is strong than thinner nylon. This is because thicker nylon has more fibers than thinner nylon, and therefore more fibers that would have to rip before there is a hole in the fabric. The more fibers, the stronger the fabric is.
A thicker resistance wire produces more heat?
I'm not sure what you mean by "thicker resistance" wire? The thicker or more diameter of a wire the less resistance it has. A larger diameter wire would produce less heat. More resistance would produce more heat.
Does the thickness of a fuse wire matter?
The thinner a piece of wire, the more the resistance and the less space there is. The thicker the wire, the more space there is and the more current is allowed into the wire. This allows the fuse to melt later.
Does the thickness of the fuse wire matter?
The thinner a piece of wire, the more the resistance and the less space there is. The thicker the wire, the more space there is and the more current is allowed into the wire. This allows the fuse to melt later.
Which yarn is more stronger thicker or thinner?
That is called the weight.
Why are the larger arteries white?
Because the the outer walls of the bigger arteries are thicker. the thinner the wall the more transparent it is. Because the the outer walls of the bigger arteries are thicker. the thinner the wall the more transparent it is.
Why bulb will glow brightly with a thick wire than with thin wire?
The amount of heat something can dissipate into the air depends greatly on the size of it's surface area. This is why the thinner filament will burn more than the thicker part, because the thin part can not dissipate the heat as quickly. Filaments are in the past, get LED bulbs.
