16 Facts About Electrical filament

1.

The Electrical filament is enclosed in a glass bulb with a vacuum or inert gas to protect the Electrical filament from oxidation.

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2.

Electrical filament stated that he could "read a book at a distance of one and a half feet".

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3.

Electrical filament used as a burner two carbon rods of diminished section in a glass receiver, hermetically sealed, and filled with nitrogen, electrically arranged so that the current could be passed to the second carbon when the first had been consumed.

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4.

Electrical filament devised a method of treating cotton to produce 'parchmentised thread' in the early 1880s and obtained British Patent 4933 that same year.

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5.

Since tantalum metal has a lower resistivity than carbon, the tantalum lamp Electrical filament was quite long and required multiple internal supports.

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6.

Tungsten Electrical filament lamps were first marketed by the Hungarian company Tungsram in 1904.

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7.

The heated Electrical filament emits light that approximates a continuous spectrum.

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8.

The presence of gas molecules knocks the liberated tungsten atoms back to the Electrical filament, reducing its evaporation and allowing it to be operated at higher temperature without reducing its life .

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9.

Gas layer close to the Electrical filament is stagnant, with heat transfer occurring only by conduction.

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10.

The advantage of the coiled coil is that evaporation of the tungsten Electrical filament is at the rate of a tungsten cylinder having a diameter equal to that of the coiled coil.

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11.

Since Electrical filament resistance is highly temperature-dependent, spots with higher temperature will have higher resistance, causing them to dissipate more energy, making them hotter – a positive feedback loop.

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12.

Halogen lamp reduces uneven evaporation of the Electrical filament and eliminates darkening of the envelope by filling the lamp with a halogen gas at low pressure, along with an inert gas.

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13.

The lower current Electrical filament is thinner and has to be operated at a slightly lower temperature for the same life expectancy, which reduces energy efficiency.

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14.

In most modern incandescent bulbs, part of the wire inside the bulb acts like a fuse: if a broken filament produces an electrical short inside the bulb, the fusible section of wire will melt and cut the current off to prevent damage to the supply lines.

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15.

Lamps intended for use in optical systems have bases with alignment features so that the Electrical filament is positioned accurately within the optical system.

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16.

Wires used to support the Electrical filament make it mechanically stronger, but remove heat, creating another tradeoff between efficiency and long life.

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