I broke two AC Delco plugs taking them out, where they broke clean thru the porcelain just above the main part, and I was surprised to see the electrode didn’t look like metal. Could this have been the resistor material?
Resistor plugs have been used in vehicles since the mid-sixties. The resistor reduces RFI or Radio Frequency Interference when the high energy is released when the spark plug fires.
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Are you asking “what do sparkplugs that are designated “resistor type” do different than sparkplugs not so dedesignated and how do they do this”?. A “google” of “resistor type spark plugs” will give you more on this subject than I care to type.