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the power is more evenly distributed in a carbon rod than a wire hi resistance wire wound can have 100s of feet of very fine wire very prone to heat failure solid carbon distributes the heat over the entire volume of the carbon carbon resistors are far better with higher voltages and resistances
In a dry cell, the carbon rod is the positive terminal, or anode.
Bentonite has an affinity for water. By packing Bentonite around the ground rod it increases the conductivity of the ground rod. Ground rods are not supposed to have a resistance above 5 ohms when compared to the utility's ground grid. Getting the ground rod into this resistance zone in bad soil conditions is aided by the use of Bentonite.
It depends on the precise material and the dimensions of the rod
Silicon is added to the tig rods in production. Use a gas weld rod which does not have the silicon and the weld will be full of porosity.
No, Carbon is diamagnetic.
the carbon rod is the medium for conduction of electricity inside the battery
A carbon rod may be an insulator or a conductor. It depends on which allotrope of carbon we're talking about. Electricity can travel through a graphite (carbon) rod easily, but it cannot travel through a diamond rod. Both graphite and diamond are carbon, but the former is a conductor while the latter is an insulator.
a carbon rod or a pencil used in an arc lamp; also, a plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
No, carbon itself is not magnetic.
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the power is more evenly distributed in a carbon rod than a wire hi resistance wire wound can have 100s of feet of very fine wire very prone to heat failure solid carbon distributes the heat over the entire volume of the carbon carbon resistors are far better with higher voltages and resistances
The negative terminal of a carbon/zinc cell is connected to the zinc cup that functions as the cathode. The carbon rod is the anode (positive).
It's carbon
yes it is a metal
cathode
As regards electrical conduction, if the carbon rod is graphite, it's a conductor. If the carbon rod is diamond, it's an insulator. We have to specify the allotrope of carbon used to make the rod to discover whether it's an insulator or conductor.