Why a certain value of resistor is not available?

Subject: Why a certain value of resistor is not available?

Date: Sun Sep 16 02:09:39 2001
Posted by Chan
Grade level: undergrad School: The Nottingham Trent Universtiy
City: Ipoh State/Province: Perak Country: Malaysia
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 1000620579.Eg

Message:


Recently, I discovered that some value of resistance of a resistor is not 
avalable in the market. For example, there is no 3.2 ohm resistor, 42 k ohms 
and 25 ohm resistor.

Is it the manufacturer standard?

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