Saturday 12 March 2016

2.4 understand that a current in a resistor results in the electrical transfer of energy and an increase in temperature, and how this can be used in a variety of domestic contexts

Resistors work by slowing down the movement of electrons and the kinetic energy that was moving them is converted into thermal (heat) energy . This can be used to heat objects, for example, in hairdryers and heaters.

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