The electric current produces a little thermal energy as it travels through a wire, but it produces a lot of thermal energy travelling through other substances (in an oven...).
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| A toaster uses thermal energy from electricity. Nick carson at en.wikipedia [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
Electrolysis is a chemical reaction produced when an electric current flows through a liquid solution of charged particles. We us elctrolysis in electroplating: coating a metal object with a thin layer of another metal.
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