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Solid Wire Also called solid-core or single-strand wire It consists of a piece of metal wire. This is used for wiring breadboards and in cases where there is little need for flexibility in the wire. This type of wire provides mechanical ruggedness and lesser surface area exposed to corrosiveness. Stranded Wire It is formed from several small wires bundled or wrapped together to form a single conductor. Because of its structure, it is more flexible and can be used in situations where higher resistance to metal fatigued is required. This form of wire is used in connections between circuit boards in multi- printed-circuit-board devices, line cords for appliances, musical instrument cables, computer mouse cables, welding electrode cables, control cables connecting moving machine parts, mining machine cables, trailing machine cables, and others where probable bending and twisting of wires are unavoidable. The more individual wire strands used, the fore flexible, kink-resistant, break-resistant, and stronger the wire becomes. The cross-sectional area of a stranded wire is the total cross-sectional area of each strand. However, for wire gauge numbers, the diameter is greater because of the gaps or spaces between each strand. The lowest number of strands usually seen is 7 (1 in the middle and 6 surrounding it in close contact) followed by the next level which is 19 strands (1, 6, 12). Braided Wire Consists of a small number of strands of wire braided together.
Solid Wire Also called solid-core or single-strand wire It consists of a piece of metal wire. This is used for wiring breadboards and in cases where there is little need for flexibility in the wire. This type of wire provides mechanical ruggedness and lesser surface area exposed to corrosiveness. Stranded Wire It is formed from several small wires bundled or wrapped together to form a single conductor. Because of its structure, it is more flexible and can be used in situations where higher resistance to metal fatigued is required. This form of wire is used in connections between circuit boards in multi- printed-circuit-board devices, line cords for appliances, musical instrument cables, computer mouse cables, welding electrode cables, control cables connecting moving machine parts, mining machine cables, trailing machine cables, and others where probable bending and twisting of wires are unavoidable. The more individual wire strands used, the fore flexible, kink-resistant, break-resistant, and stronger the wire becomes. The cross-sectional area of a stranded wire is the total cross-sectional area of each strand. However, for wire gauge numbers, the diameter is greater because of the gaps or spaces between each strand. The lowest number of strands usually seen is 7 (1 in the middle and 6 surrounding it in close contact) followed by the next level which is 19 strands (1, 6, 12). Braided Wire Consists of a small number of strands of wire braided together.
