Photoconductive Cell

A photoelectric device that changes its resistance as the amount of light striking it changes. When the cell is in total darkness, its resistance is maximum, and as light falls on it, its resistance decreases. Photoconductive cells using either cadmium sulfide or cadmium selenide as the active elements are called light-dependent resistors (LDRs), and one of their uses is in photographic light meters.


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