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Why the tungsten a used almost exclusively for the filament of electric lamps?

 Why the tungsten a used almost exclusively for the filament of electric lamps?

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Harshit Singh
askIITians Faculty 5963 Points
3 years ago
Dear Student


1. It has a special property that it glows on heating.
2. It has ,i high melting point.
3. It does not tenet with the gases present in air and does not get oxidized.
4. It has a low resistance.

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