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In which of the following devices is the eddy current effect NOT used?

Asked in NEET 2019 · Eddy currents and damping

Answer: (1) electric heater

Step-by-step solution

An electric heater works by Joule heating of a resistance wire carrying a conduction current

from the supply: no induction is involved at all.

An induction furnace, by contrast, deliberately induces large eddy currents in a metal charge to

melt it, and magnetic braking uses the eddy currents induced in a moving conductor to oppose its

motion, by Lenz's law.

So the electric heater is the odd one out.

Why the other options are wrong

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