Uses of Electricity

Electricity is widely used in our daily life. By using different electrical appliances, electrical energy is converted to different forms of energy.

Heating effect of electricity

Heat-generating appliances such as electric kettle, heater, oven, iron and hairdryer etc have a heating element which converts electrical energy to thermal energy (heat) when current passing through it. This is heating effect of current.

Usually, nichrome wire is used to make the heating element due to its high resistivity and ability to withstand the high temperature.
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