Q.Establish expression for heat produced in a conductor due to flow of current. What do you mean by electric power and electric energy?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Joule heating ; power (rate of energy) and energy (total work done).
Heat produced in a conductor (Joule's law of heating):
Consider a conductor of resistance carrying a steady current under a potential difference for time .
Step 1: Charge flowing in time is .
Step 2: Work done in moving this charge through p.d. is
Step 3: This electrical work is converted entirely into heat, so
Step 4: Using Ohm's law ,
This is Joule's law of heating: heat produced is proportional to (i) , (ii) , and (iii) time .
Electric power: Electric power is the rate at which electrical work is done (or the rate at which energy is consumed):
SI unit: watt (W) = joule per second. 1 horsepower = 746 W.
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