sentence: Resistance is the restriction of current.
sentences_before: A 'resistor' is a limiter of the electrical current that flows through a circuit.
sentences_after: Often in a resistor the electrons that pass through the resistor are changed to various kinds of energy. The most common forms of energy that electrons are converted to are heat and light. For example, in a light bulb there is a resistor made of tungsten which converts the electrons into light.
concept_name: resistance
headings: Resistor
categories: Electronic components