Joule heating
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Joule heating is the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor produces heat.
A coiled heating element from an electric toaster, showing red to yellow incandescence
An incandescent light bulb's filament emitting light
Electric radiative space heater
Electric tabletop hotplate
James Prescott Joule
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James Prescott Joule was an English physicist. Joule studied the nature of heat and discovered its relationship to mechanical work. This led to the law of conservation of energy, which in turn led to
Joule heating
…food products, which maintains quality. Products with particulates heat up faster (compared to conventional heat processing) due to higher resistance. James Prescott Joule first published in December 1840, an abstract in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, suggesting that heat could be generated by an electrical current…
Joule James sitting
An electric motor presented to Kelvin by James Joule in 1842. Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
Joule's Heat Apparatus, 1845
James Prescott Joule