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Grade 12Electromagnetic Induction

Explain the following:
Why the tungsten 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

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

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