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Hi all,
I have been set an experiment of relating to the current needed to melt a wire (predominantly dealing with R = ρL/A). This sounds like a really dumb question (because it is ) but why does the wire melt when too much current is passed through?
Also, what is the correlation between the current that would melt a wire and the wire's resistance? And what the heck is the difference between resistance and resistivity (let me guess, resistivity is a standard measure, whereas resistance is length-dependent??)
Any help would be great. Many thanks you guys, and hope your day is going good.
I have been set an experiment of relating to the current needed to melt a wire (predominantly dealing with R = ρL/A). This sounds like a really dumb question (because it is ) but why does the wire melt when too much current is passed through?
Also, what is the correlation between the current that would melt a wire and the wire's resistance? And what the heck is the difference between resistance and resistivity (let me guess, resistivity is a standard measure, whereas resistance is length-dependent??)
Any help would be great. Many thanks you guys, and hope your day is going good.