Nichrome wire is used for making the Ideating elements of electrical appliances like iron, geyser, etc. Give reasons.
Nichrome wire is used for making the heating elements of electrical appliances like iron, geyser, etc. because: Nichrome has a very high resistance due to which it produces a lot of heat on passing current. It does not undergo oxidation easily even at high temperature due to which it can be kept red hot.
