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Undergrad How Much Energy is Needed to Ignite a Safety Match?
I saw a YouTube video where someone took nichrome wire and a high voltage source and managed to light a whole series of matches. I got me curious so I ran some numbers on how much wattage could be produced for a given length of nichrome wire and a given voltage. And assuming time is no issues...- wes000000
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What is the activation energy for a match?
I saw a YouTube video where someone took nichrome wire and a high voltage source and managed to light a whole series of matches. I got me curious so I ran some numbers on how much wattage could be produced for a given length of nichrome wire and a given voltage. And assuming time is no issues...