Ohm’s law

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Ohm’s law: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Ohm’s law of electrical resistance

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electrical conduction Joule heating semiconductor band theory insulator mobility free-electron model of metals

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Georg Simon Ohm; detail of a lithograph.

Georg Ohm

German physicist

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