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Lesson 2 electrical compinents Resistors , capacitors and inductors form important elements in electronic circuitry.. It is essential to know something about resistance , capacitance and inductance Resistrors and resistance A resistor is an electrical component that resists the flow of electrical current. The amount of current i flowing in a circuit is directly propotinal to the voltage across it and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit. This is ohm’s law and can be expressed as the formula :I=U/R. The resistor is generally a linear device and ist characterstic forms a straight line when plotted on a graph . Resistors may be classified as fixed or variable in their type, and also linear and nonlinear. Resistors may be the opposition th the flow of current and is represented by the letter symbol R. The unit of resistance is ohm,expressed by using Ω. One Ohm is defined as the amount of resistance that will limit the current in a conductor to one ampere when the voltage applied to the conductor is one volt . Larger amount of resistance are commonly expressed in kiloohm(KΩ) and in mega-ohm(MΩ) . A resistance to current flow creates heat , and as such, these devices have a maximum power dissipation , rated in watts . Placed in parallel with a voltage source , they limit current to a device , in series with a voltage sourec they make up a voltage divider. If a circuit contains resistance in series (Figure 2.1(a)), the total resistance can be calculated by adding all the individual resistance. The formula to calculate the total resistance is RT=R1+R2+R3+….+Rn Whrer Rt is the total resistance , r1through Rnare the individual resistance. Resistance in parallel Figure 2.1(b )is a bit more difficult to calculate . the reciprocal of the total resistance equals to the sum of the reciprocal of each resistance. The formula to calculate the total resistance is 1/RT=1/R1+1/R2+1/R3+….+1/Rn If there are only two resistances in paralle , an easi