Science, asked by santhnampadmavs, 1 year ago

Heating element of electric appliances like electric iron,electric heater etc.. are made up of nichrome.why?

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Answered by Jahnvi97

Nichrome is an alloy which has high resistance and boiling point. Due to high resistance, it can produce very high amount of heat and it will not melt as its BP is very high.

Answered by Anonymous

Nichrome

Because of following reasons :-

1. Nichrome is an Alloy which has higher resistivity than pure metal.

2. It has high melting point and does not burn readily or oxidise

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