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Grade 1210 grade science

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

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 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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