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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Why does the cord of an electric heater no, glow while the heating element does?

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

The resistance of cord is extremely small as compared to that of heating element, so the heat produced in cord is less as compared to heating element. So the heating element begins to glow but cord does not glow.

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