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Key Stage 4
Meaning
The symbol for an
electrical heater
.
A
heater
is a
component
in a
circuit
which is
heated
when a
current
goes through it.
About Electrical Heaters
Heaters
are usually long lengths of
wire
which a high
resistance
.
As a
current
passes through a
wire
electrons
in the
current
collide
with
ions
in the
metal
lattice
causing them to
vibrate
. This increases the
temperature
of the
wire
.
