What is the specific resistance?

The specific resistance represents the absolute and actual material value.

Statement:

With scientific and technical progress, the need for simple, quick and precise classifications of material properties has increased in various areas such as research and development, manufacturing technology and quality control. According to the traditional method, electrical resistance (Ω) was used for this purpose. However, the resistance changes due to the type, shape and size of the material as well as the position of the measuring point.

For this reason, the accepted measurement method uses the specific resistance (Ω∙cm), which represents the absolute and actual material values.

Specific resistance is calculated simply by multiplying the measured resistance (Ω) by a resistivity correction factor (RCF).