Heat is generated continuously in an electric heater but the temperature of its element becomes constant after some time. Why?

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asked Jan 22, 2018 in Physics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 435 1341

Heat is generated continuously in an electric heater but the temperature of its element becomes constant after some time. Why?

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answered Jan 22, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 24
edited Jan 30, 2018 by faiz
 
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When the temperature of the heater becomes greater than the temperature of the surrounding, some of the heat is lost to the surroundings in the form of thermal radiations. After some time, the rate at which heat is being produced becomes equal to the rate of which heat is lost. Hence, the temperature of the element becomes constant.

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