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    Resistivity: as Current Flows Through a Uniform Wire, the Wire
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Resistivity: as Current Flows Through a Uniform Wire, the Wire

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Resistivity: As current flows through a uniform wire, the wire gets hotter because the electrons stop moving and therefore transform their lost kinetic energy into thermal energy in the wire.

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