Heating element

A heating element converts electricity into heat through the process of resistive or Joule heating. Electric current passing through the element encounters resistance, resulting in heating of the element. Unlike the Peltier Effect this process is independent of the direction of current flow.

Metal heating elements

Nichrome: Most heating elements use Nichrome 80/20 (80% nickel, 20% chromium) wire, ribbon, or strip. Nichrome 80/20 is an ideal material, because it has relatively high resistance and forms an adherent layer of chromium oxide when it is heated for the first time. Material beneath this layer will not oxidize, preventing the wire from breaking or burning out.

Resistance wire: Metallic resistance heating elements may be wire or ribbon, straight or coiled. They are used in common heating devices like toasters and hair dryers, furnaces for industrial heating, floor heating, roof heating, pathway heating to melt snow, dryers, etc. The most common classes of materials used include:

Kanthal (FeCrAl) wires
Nichrome 80/20 wire and strip
Cupronickel (CuNi) alloys for low temperature heating

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The Jakarta Post 07 Aug 2018

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The Post and Courier 06 Aug 2018

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How to turn campfire favorite s'mores into an ice cream cake

Courier Express 05 Aug 2018

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