Joule's Laws of Heating

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Joule's Laws of Heating: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Calculation of Heat Produced in a Resistor, Joule's Law of Heating & Experimental Verification of Joule's Law of Heating etc.

Important Questions on Joule's Laws of Heating

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What is Joule's heating effect? How can it be demonstrated experimentally? List its four applications in daily life.

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From Joule's Law of heating, the heat produced, H = 

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Verification of joule's law of heating​.

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States Joule's law of heating and give its expression.

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As shown in the schematic below, a rod of uniform cross-sectional area A and length l is carrying a constant current i through it and voltage across the rod is measured using an ideal voltmeter. The rod is stretched by the application of a force F.

Which of the following graphs would show the variation in the voltage across the rod as function of the strain ε when the strain is small. Neglect Joule heating.

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Nichrome resistance coil of 25 Ω is connected with 12 V accumulator cell (battery) and current flows through it for 15 minutes. Determine heat produced in this coil in joules. 

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Calculate the amount of heat generated (in kJ) when 10 A current flows through two resistors of resistance 1 Ω and 2 Ω respectively connected in series for 1 minute.

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Calculate the amount of heat generated (in kJ) when 10 A current flows through two resistors of resistance 1 Ω and 2 Ω respectively connected in series for 1 minute.

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Which of the following components of an LCR circuit, with AC supply, dissipates energy?

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One junction of thermocouple is at 0  and the other is at T . The thermo-emf (in V) is given by E=20×10-6T-0.02×10-6T2. The maximum value of E is:

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The charge supplied by the source varies with time t as Q=at-bt2. The total heat produced in the resistor 2R is:


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