Ohm's law

Ohm's law states that in a well-behaved conductor (a so-called ohmic conductor), the electric current between two points is directly proportional to the voltage (the difference of electric potential) across the two points. Introducing the constant of proportionality, the resistance, one arrives at the following mathematical equation used to describe this relationship: V = I R {\displaystyle V=IR} or, equivalently, at the same equation expressed in terms of the reciprocal constant of proportionality, the electrical conductance, I = G V {\displaystyle I=GV} where I is the current through the conductor, V is the voltage measured across the conductor, R is the resistance of the conductor, and G=1/R is the conductance of the conductor. More specifically, Ohm's law states that the R (or, equivalently, G) in this relation is constant, independent of the current. If the resistance is not constant, the previous equation cannot be called Ohm's law, but it can still be used as a definition of static/DC resistance. Ohm's law is an empirical relation which accurately describes the conductivity of the vast majority of electrically conductive materials over many orders of magnitude of current. However some materials do not obey Ohm's law; these are called non-ohmic. The law was named after the German physicist Georg Ohm, who, in a treatise published in 1827, described measurements of applied voltage and current through simple electrical circuits containing various lengths of wire. Ohm explained his experimental results by a slightly more complex equation than the modern form above (see History below). In physics, the term Ohm's law is also used to refer to various generalizations of the law; for example the vector form of the law used in electromagnetics and material science: J = σ E , {\displaystyle \mathbf {J} =\sigma \mathbf {E} ,} where J is the current density at a...