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Nichrome or Manganin is widely used in wire bound standard resistors because of their.

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Temperature independent resistivity

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Very weak temperature dependent resistivity

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Strong dependence of resistivity with temperature

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Mechanical strength

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Solution

The correct option is A Very weak temperature dependent resistivity
By property Nichrome and Magnesium is used in wire due to very weak temperature dependent resistivity.

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