Heating Effect of Electric Current

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Heating Effect of Electric Current: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Heating Effect of Electric Current, Calculation of Heat Produced in a Resistor, Applications of Heating Effect, Bulb Filaments & Electrical Energy etc.

Important Questions on Heating Effect of Electric Current

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A bulb used in car Headlamps is marked 12 V/60 W. Calculate the current flowing through it when lit?

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Iron is a conductor of electricity, but when we pick up a piece of iron resting on the ground, why don’t we get electric shock?

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How do we decide that a given material is a good conductor of electricity or is an insulator?

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When we switch on a bulb to get light what energy transformation takes place?

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What do you understand by electrical energy?

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Write Joule's law of heating.

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Which of the device does not depend on thermal effect of current?

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It is advisable to use a material of low resistance in a heating coil.

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Consider a current of 4A passing through a coil and let the heat produced in the circuit be H1.  What happens to the heat if the current is decreased by 1A.

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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.