▲ 163 ▼ In MCU Iron Man, the 3GW power output of the Arc reactor is channeled through 3 18AWG wires (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/shittymoviedetails@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] zeroblood@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) Joule's first law (also just Joule's law), states that the power of heating generated by an electrical conductor equals the product of its resistance and the square of the current. Heat is a function of current, not total power. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dehyzer@piefed.social 1 point 1 day ago See Blue_Morpho's comment above. The things you're describing as the product of resistance and the square of the current is power. Heat is literally power dissipation. Saying "heat is a function of power" is essentially a tautology. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dehyzer@piefed.social 1 point 1 day ago See Blue_Morpho's comment above. The things you're describing as the product of resistance and the square of the current is power. Heat is literally power dissipation. Saying "heat is a function of power" is essentially a tautology. permalink fedilink source parent
