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what is the wire used in the element of an electric iron?

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Iron- Chromium-Aluminium Alloy is used in the heating element of the electrical iron.

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Q. In an electric iron being used in a household, the plastic insulation of live wire and neutral wire in the connecting cable gets torn. Due to this, naked live wire touches the naked neutral wire directly and the electric fuse of the circuit blows off.
(a) What term is used to indicate the touching of naked live wire and neutral wire directly?
(b) When the naked wires touch each other directly, what happens to the resistance of the circuit so formed?
(c) What happens to the current flowing through the wires under these conditions?
(d) Which wire connected to the body of an electric iron protects the person using this electric iron from electric shock?

Q. The given figure shows an electric wire. Which of the following elements is commonly used to make an electrical wire?

Name the material which is used for making the heating element of an electric iron.

Mention 2 special features of the material used as an element of an electric iron

Q. An electric iron of heating element of resistance

88 Ω

is used at 220 volt for 2 hours. The electric energy spent, in unit, will be :

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