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Amount of electrical energy converted to heat energy when current flows through a conducting material.

According to Joule's Law, quantity of heat energy dissipated is given by,

Q=i2Rt

note
  1. in power transmission, aluminum wires* are used to reduce the heat energy loss
  2. using a step up transformer,we increase the voltage and reduced in current to reduce heat loss.(heat loss is proportional to the square of current.)

* though silver is the material with minimum resistance,it is too dear to be used as transmission wires.

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