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Copper is not used as potentiometer wire because?


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Copper:

  1. The resistivity of copper is low. Due to it, there will not be a suitable potential drop across the ends of the potentiometer wire, so the Copper wire cannot be used as a potentiometer
  2. Copper has low resistivity and a high-temperature coefficient of resistance hence we do not use it in a potentiometer.

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