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It is nearly always Nichrome wire. The same is used for space heaters, etc.

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Lewis Streich

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The most common alloy is the Swedish Kanthal (Fe, Cr,Al).


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No. Toasters generally have heating elements, a mechanical or electronic timer, and a spring loaded tray on which toastable items rest. There are some larger industrial model toasters that do have electric motors that pass toastable items past the heating element, typically on a chain belt, but the toaster in your kitchen is not likely one of these.


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How do you use NiChrome wire?

NiChrome wire is commonly used as a heating element in applications such as electric ovens, toasters, and hair dryers. To use NiChrome wire, you can wrap it around a ceramic or heat-resistant material to create a heating coil. When electricity passes through the wire, it heats up quickly and generates heat.


What element is used in heating element in toasters?

Nichrome but nichrome is made out of nickel and chromium


What wire is used for an immersion heater?

An immersion electric heater usually uses nichrome wire as the heating element. Nichrome is highly resistive, and by applying a voltage, we can get it pretty hot. Nichrome is used as the heating element in toasters and on electric range elements as well as lots of other places.


What heats the incubator two words?

Heating element.


Does toaster have metal?

Toasters are made of metal to withstand the heat from the red hot elements that toast the bread.


Do toaster have metal?

Toasters are made of metal to withstand the heat from the red hot elements that toast the bread.


What periodic table element is used in toasters?

From what I can tell, there are actually 3 of them... Nickel (Ni), Chromium (Cr), and Iron (Fe). The three are combined in certain percentages to make an allow called "Nichrome", as it has high electrical resistivity, a high melting point, and won't oxidize (or rust) at high temperatures.