University Physics (14th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
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Chapter 26, Problem Q26.20DQ
For very large resistances it is easy to construct R-C circuits that have time constants of several seconds or minutes. How might this fact be used to measure very large resistances, those that are too large to measure by more conventional means?
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University Physics (14th Edition)
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