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An electrical device called a diode is designed to have a very low resistance to the current flowing through it in one direction but very large resistance to current flow in the other direction. Sketch a graph of the voltage versus current for such a device.

 

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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