Modern light bulb filaments are usually Tungsten not Carbon. However early bulbs used things like silk coated with Carbon. Filament means thin thread. The bulbs are filled with inert gas like Argon to stop the filament from burning up with oxygen. Arc lamps use Carbon rods though.
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Technology of the Gods by David Hatcher Childress. The light bulbs with snake-llike filaments appear to be fluorescent types, which did not exist until about l9l5 at the earliest!
Because it has a very very high melting temperature: 6191F, 3422C. However it is also very difficult to work with, so early light bulbs used carbon for making the filament instead. Around the year 1900, carbon filaments were replaced with tantalum filaments. It was not until about 1910 that it became practical to make tungsten filaments.
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Makers of light bulbs use inert gases (such as argon or nitrogen) inside the bulb to prevent the filament from burning out. The gas helps to reduce the rate of evaporation of the filament material. Additionally, the design of the bulb's vacuum or gas-filled environment helps to maintain a stable temperature around the filament, thus prolonging its lifespan.
Tungsten is used in filaments of light bulbs.
Modern light bulb filaments are usually Tungsten not Carbon. However early bulbs used things like silk coated with Carbon. Filament means thin thread. The bulbs are filled with inert gas like Argon to stop the filament from burning up with oxygen. Arc lamps use Carbon rods though.
usually tungsten
It is usually Tungsten.
Most incandescent bulbs have one filament. Some halogen bulbs working on 240 v have two filaments in series, which must be to simplify manufacture of bulbs being made for 120 v and 240 v in the same factory.
That depends on the bulb, and the time frame. The first bulbs had carbon filaments. Certain bulbs used in control devices have iridium filaments. Modern grocery store incandescent bulbs have tungsten filaments.Tungsten, because of its very high melting point.
Tungsten is the main one. There may be others.
Tungsten, as it burns long and brightly.
They are either the wrong bulbs or one of the filaments is burned out. The bulbs should have two filaments. One is illuminated when the lights are on. The other is brighter when the brakes are used.
Edison used carbonized bamboo and then switched to carbonized cotton threads as materials for his early filaments in his incandescent light bulbs.
Nitrogen is the gas that does not react at all and is used in light bulbs to prevent the filament from burning out. It helps to create an inert environment inside the bulb, prolonging the life of the filament.