That's because it's a miniaturized arc reactor.
5 seconds sound clip from the Iron Man (2008) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:39 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- That doesn't look like a Jericho missile.
- That's because it's a miniaturized arc reactor.
- I got a big one powering my factory at home.
- It should keep the shrapnel out of my heart.
- If my math is right, and it always is, three gigajoules per second.
- That could run your heart for 50 lifetimes. Yeah. Or something big for 15 minutes.
[...]