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cuz it slows down the evaporation of d filament of the bulb....so that d bulb doesn't stop working.

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Q: Why are electric bulbs filled with argon and nitrogen?
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Which gas is in electric bulb?

Modern bulbs are usually filled with a mixture of argon and nitrogen. More rarely, some bulbs are filled with pure argon, krypton or xenon. The earliest bulbs weren't filled with any gas, but had vacuum inside.


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Which gas is filled in electrical bulb?

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Will an electric bulb glow when it is filled with vacuum instead of an inert gas like argon or nitrogen?

"filled with nothing" ??? yes is the answer your looking for, but the bulbs we use today are optimized to work with whatever gases each company uses. Oxygen is the destroyer of fillaments (remember the old flash bulbs?)


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What gas is inside light bulbs?

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What element is used in fluorescent light bulbs with argon?

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What are the two main gases in fluorescent bulbs?

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