Compare resistance and reactance. - Vidyadip

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Compare resistance and reactance.

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(1) Resistance is opposition to flow of charges (current) and appears in a DC circuit as well as in an AC circuit.
The term reactance appears only in an AC circuit. It occurs when an inductor and/or a capacitor is used.

(2) In a purely resistive circuit, current and voltage are always in phase.
When reactance is not zero, there is nonzero phase difference between current and voltage.

(3) Resistance does not depend on the frequency of AC.
Reactance depends on the frequency of AC. In case of an inductor, reactance increases linearly with frequency. In case of a capacitor, reactance decreases as frequency of AC increases; it is inversely proportional to frequency.

(4) Resistance gives rise to production of Joule heat in a component.
In a circuit with pure reactance, there is no production of heat.

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