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English translation: temperature resistivity (variation)

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French term or phrase:	résistivité en température
English translation:	temperature resistivity (variation)
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11:04 Dec 8, 2011

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French term or phrase: résistivité en température

patent about conductive polymers :

"La grandeur seuil de température dépend également de la loi d’évolution de la résistivité en température propre au matériau polymère conducteur à coefficient de température positif que l’on a choisi."

To me this appears to be talking about a material the electrical resistivity of which changes as the temperature changes... but the phrase "résistivité en température" seems difficult to shoe-horn into "temperature-dependent resistivity", without being more familiar with the field and being certain of my interpretation. The phrase "résistivité en température" gets a few hits but nothing with English nearby which really helps...

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temperature resistivity

Explanation:
This is often used by engineers as shorthand for "resistivity as a function of temperature", eg "the temperature resistivity of a doped semiconductor is entirely different from that of a metal". If this expression is adopted, then both "evolution" and "loi" of course become redundant.

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Note added at 23 hrs (2011-12-09 10:16:21 GMT)
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There are many ways to skin this particular cat, but "temperature resistivity curve" is something any engineer would understand, and rather more compact than "loi d’évolution de la résistivité en température".

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resistivity as a function of temperature

Daniel Frisano Paulon

temperature resistivity

chris collister

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thermal resistance or thermal resistivity

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resistivity as a function of temperature

Explanation:
or simply "resistivity with temperature"... how it evolves (varies) as a function of temperature

Daniel Frisano Paulon
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thermal resistance or thermal resistivity

Explanation:
It's one of the two, but there is a significant difference between them so it really depends on the context.

Reference: http://new-learn.info/learn/packages/clear/thermal/buildings...

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temperature resistivity

chris collister
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thanks

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Asker: thanks for this info... just wondering whether something along the lines of "**characteristic** temperature resistivity" might be one way to put it to get across the "loi d'évolution" idea... ?

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