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Dissipation of electrical energy as heat in a wire is:

AJoule heating
BThomson drift
CPeltier shift
DSeebeck pulse
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Joule heating
Joule heating converts electrical work into thermal energy inside a conductor.
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