nichrome
IPA: nˈɪkroʊm
Root Word: Nichrome
noun
- An alloy of nickel and chromium, typically 80% nickel and 20% chromium, used to make heating elements.
- Alternative letter-case form of Nichrome [An alloy of nickel and chromium, typically 80% nickel and 20% chromium, used to make heating elements.]
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Examples of "nichrome" in Sentences
- Nichrome wire is also sometimes used.
- Usually a thin nichrome wire is used.
- Nichrome wire is the most common type.
- Those windings look like copper, not nichrome.
- A nichrome bridgewire can be used in some cases.
- Nichrome wire forms a protective layer of chromium oxide.
- A particular material can be nichrome which is a nickel chromium alloy.
- It was ignited with a nichrome glow plug, later replaced with silicon carbide.
- An electrically heated nichrome wire provides heat pulses at regular intervals.
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