Visualising a Fuse
Popular Physics
2010-11-10 v2 Physics Education
Abstract
In this brief article I describe an experiment to illustrate how a fuse works. I have used this as part of lessons for my year 11 classes to demonstrate how an electrical fuse 'blows' when too high a current passes through it.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1010.5776,
title = {Visualising a Fuse},
author = {M M J French},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.5776},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
2 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Ed