This book provides practical guidance and application information when using resistors in electronic and electrical circuit design. This easy-to-use book covers the following resistor types: Composition, Film, Foil, Wirewound, Nonwirewound, Shunts, Current Shunts, Current Sensors, NTC Thermistors, and PTC Thermistors. This book also has a very comprehensive Glossary and Index. The Selection Guidelines and the Symbols and Equations sections have the answers to all of your daily application questions. This book is one in a series of component handbooks.