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Why are filaments of incandescent lamps made of thin tungsten wire ?

Answer» Tungsten has low resistivity and as such only a thin wire filament will high resistance necessary to produce large amount of heat to light the bulb brilliantly. Further, tungsten has very high melting point `(3300 K)` and as such the filament will not burn at the high temperature `(2400 K)` at which it becomes incandescent.


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