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By which material does the wire in the potentiometer is made up of.


rachanatmgh 20th Jan, 2020
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 20th Jan, 2020
Hi Rachana

Hope you are doing well

In general alloys like constantan or manganin are used as potentiometer wire .
Constantan or manganin are used as potentiometer wire because of the following two reasons which are listed below :-

  • Constantan or manganin wire posses high specific resistance
  • Constantan or manganin wire posses low temperature coefficient.

So , potentiometer wire is normally made of alloys constantan and manganin.

I hope that it helps you

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