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Joule's Law

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001128

The rate of heat production by a steady current in any part of an electrical circuit that is proportional to the resistance and to the square of the current, or, the internal energy of an ideal gas depends only on its temperature.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001128
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "term": "Joule's Law",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The rate of heat production by a steady current in any part of an electrical circuit that is proportional to the resistance and to the square of the current, or, the internal energy of an ideal gas depends only on its temperature.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/joule-s-law/"
}

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