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2006-09-06 21:51:39 · 2 answers · asked by ben287392 1 in Science & Mathematics Physics

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Mostly through eddy currents and magnetic hysterisis. Wiki has a good article on the link below.

2006-09-06 21:57:19 · answer #1 · answered by robcraine 4 · 0 0

Induction cookers require pots made of iron, which isn't all that good an electrical conductor; not copper or aluminium, which conduct better. They've got coils which conduct a current with a frequency of about 30 kHz. This produces currents in the iron saucepans which get hot because of resistance heating. I once worked in a foundry which used furnaces based on the same principle. You put all this ferrous metal scrap in the furnace and the alternating magnetic field caused the metal to melt.

2006-09-07 05:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0 0

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