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Q: Is steel wool used in an electrical circuit?
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How do you make fire with steel wool?

use the steel wool to complete the circuit on a 9 volt battery. Touch it to both ends of the battery at once and it will spark, have kindling nearby to be lit by the steel wool.


What happens to the steel wool when the power supply is switched on?

Sending a small electrical charge through a pad of steel wool, will cause the metal to glow and burst into flames.


What would happen if a large piece of steel wool was used?

what would happen if a large piece of steel wool was used? A much smaller piece


Will thick steel wool or thin steel wool conduct electricity better?

thin steel wool


Is steel wool a conductor?

steel wool is steel made from wool, so it would be neither


How does a 9-volt battery catch steel wool on fire?

Electricity is energy. Energy can be different things. We have movement as an energy, kinetic energy that is. Then there is, amongst others heat, as an energy. Electricity must be in a circuit to work. When putting the 9volt battery in the steel wool you make a circuit. Then the electricity will flow through the steel wool. When the electricity is not being used by anything (no light bulbs or anything), it is being converted to heat energy. Steel wool burns easily, so the heat will easily ignite the steel wool.


What is the difference when you put water on steel wool and salt on steel wool?

the wool does not rust


Is steel wool an element or mixture?

Steel wool is a mixture.


What happens when you put steel wool in water?

The steel wool gets wet. If you take the steel wool out (into the air) again it will rust.


Is steel wool a mixture- solution?

Steel wool is a Mixture-Mechanical


Which wool is not soft?

Steel wool


What will Pepsi do to steel wool?

Depends on whether you leave the steel wool in the Pepsi. If you take it out, the water in the Pepsi will cause the steel wool to rust away. If you leave it in, the phosphoric acid will slowly dissolve the steel wool.