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Define temperature coefficient or resistance.

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Temperature coefficient of resistance is defined as the ratio of increase in resistivity per degree rise in temperature to its resistivity at `T_0`.
`:. Alpha = (rho_T - rho_0 )/(rho_0 (T- T_0))`
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