James Prescott Joule

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James Prescott Joule (24 December 1818 – 11 October 1889) was an English physicist and brewer, born in Salford, Lancashire.

James Prescott Joule

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Heat's relationship to Mechanical Work

Joule Heating

Joule Heating or Resistive Heating is a process by which the flow of a current through a conductor with some resistance releases jeat. The square of the current in the conductor is proportional to the amount of heat produced according to the formula:

[math]\displaystyle{ H \propto I^2 \cdot R \cdot t }[/math]

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