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Manufacturing

Appliances: Electric Kettle

Electric kettle is one of the appliances that been using thermodynamics concepts.
Thermodynamics is defined as effect of heat either supply or not and work when the fluid
expands, compresses, heats or cools. Kettle is an appliance that uses to boil water in our daily
life. Without using the thermodynamic concepts the water inside the kettle cannot change to a
hot water.Thus, thermodynamic system is important in electric kettle. In thermodynamic the
temperature and heat play the important rule. The kettle operates by using electric current
supply to it cable. Then, the electricity travel to the element inside the kettle and the resistance
in the element cause heat. After that, the heat will conduct to the water inside the kettle. After
a few minutes, the steam will come out from the mouth of that kettle. This process showed
the system that use in the thermodynamic. The system called open system where fluid, heat
and work can across the boundary.Moreover, in electric kettle once the water reached the
boiling point it will deactives itself to avoid the water from boiling more that will harming the
heating element inside the kettle.Actually, when the water at the boiling point the steam heat
up the bimetallic strip which made up from two different strip of metal. The strip will bend
when as the temperature increase. This is because the strips are made up from two difference
coefficient of thermal expansion. The strip that have a high number of coefficient of thermal
expansion will curve easily when heated.Therefore,this will break the circuit when the strip is
bending and the electricity will not flow through it until that strip cooled down. The bimetallic
strip will turn to the flat condition when it is cooled or in normal temperature.