Q. The filament of an electric bulb is made up of a thin wire of:
Answer: Tungsten
Notes: When the electricity from the cell passes through the filament of the bulb, this element gets heated too much. The filament becomes white hot and starts giving light. So, we need a metal which has high melting point and get heated up fast. Therefore, we use tungsten.

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