Heating element

<p>A heating element is a device used for conversion of electric energy into heat, consisting of a heating resistor and accessories. Heat is generated by the passage of <a href="/facts/Electric_current/Dc1xdnUX">electric current</a> through a <a href="/facts/Resistor/JrsGReM6">resistor</a> through a process known as <a href="/facts/Joule_heating/eANEHVzP">Joule heating</a>. Heating elements are used in household appliances, industrial equipment, and scientific instruments enabling them to perform tasks such as cooking, warming, or maintaining specific temperatures higher than the ambient.
</p><p>Heating elements may be used to transfer heat via <a href="/facts/Thermal_conduction/5vRktgcS">conduction</a>, <a href="/facts/Convection/E8vsCPhu">convection</a>, or <a href="/facts/Radiation/RwMocyeq">radiation</a>. They are different from devices that generate heat from electrical energy via the <a href="/facts/Peltier_effect/GbRYmwIG">Peltier effect</a>, and have no dependence on the direction of electrical current.
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Heating element