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Explain the following: Why the tungsten used almost exclusively for the filament of electric lamps?

 Explain the following:
   Why the tungsten used almost exclusively for the filament of electric lamps?

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Harshit Singh
askIITians Faculty 5963 Points
3 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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