When an electric circuit is broken, what happens to the energy in the wire?

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When an electric circuit is broken, what happens to the energy in the wire?

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Answer 1

There is relatively little energy actually stored within the wire. So little that it is freely moved in and out and you can’t even measure how much is being used with any but the most sensitive of devices.

What energy there is, is lost in many ways. Radio waves escaping the wire and heating of the wire are the main ones.