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A positive temperature coefficient (PTC) refers to materials that experience an increase in electrical resistance when their temperature is raised. Materials which have useful engineering applications usually show a relatively rapid increase with temperature, i.e. a higher coefficient.
A positive-temperature-coefficient heating element (PTC heating element), or self-regulating heater, is an electrical resistance heater whose resistance increases significantly with temperature. The name self-regulating heater comes from the tendency of such heating elements to maintain a constant temperature when supplied by a given voltage.
The first term has a negative temperature coefficient; the second term has a positive temperature coefficient (from its ). By an appropriate choice of N {\displaystyle N} and R 1 {\displaystyle R1} and R 2 {\displaystyle R2} , these temperature coefficients can be made to cancel, giving an output voltage that is nearly independent of temperature.
In this region the device has a small negative temperature coefficient. At the Curie point temperature, the dielectric constant drops sufficiently to allow the formation of potential barriers at the grain boundaries, and the resistance increases sharply with temperature. At even higher temperatures, the material reverts to NTC behaviour.
A ceramic heater as a consumer product is a space heater that generates heat using a heating element of ceramic with a positive temperature coefficient (PTC). [1] [2] [failed verification] Ceramic heaters are usually portable and typically used for heating a room or small office, and are of similar utility to metal-element fan heaters.
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Positive temperature coefficient, of materials which increase resistance with temperature Polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) device or resettable fuse; PTC heating element, a type of self-regulating heater; PTC thermistor, a type of resistor; Positive train control, a type of train protection system
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