Everyday appliances
What Everyday appliances means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Devices in which electrical energy from the mains is transferred into useful stores or pathways, such as thermal energy in a heater or kinetic energy in a motor.
In these, the potential difference is usually fixed by the mains supply, so the energy transferred depends on how much charge flows.
Topics that use Everyday appliances
- Energy transfers in everyday appliances (AQA GCSE)
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