Assertion A When an electric current passes through the conducting wire the temperature becomes rise...........

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Assertion (A): When an electric current passes through the conducting wire the temperature becomes rises.

Reason (R): The collision of moving electrons continuously with the atoms of the conducter.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

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Explanation:

The passage of an electric current through a conductor increases the internal energy of the conductor converting thermodynamic work into heat. The phenomenon was first studied by James Prescott Joule in 1841. Joule immersed a length of wire in a fixed mass of water and measured the temperature rise due to a known current through the wire for a 30 minute period. By varying the current and the length of the wire he deduced that the heat produced was proportional to the square of the current multiplied by the electrical resistance of the wire.