Why when you short wires sparks fly?

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Please, explain why sparks fly when you short wires in a circuit with enough Amps? Thank you

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With a lot of current going through a small contact area you get a lot of heat in a small amount of space. Little bits of the wire melt and even vaporize, so you get tiny balls of molten metal propelled by the vaporized metal. That’s what these sparks are.

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