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Why can't bulbs be filled with air?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 5/25/2023

Ordinary household light bulbs, or incandescent bulbs, are made with a tungsten filament that glows when electricity passes through it. The filaments need to be in a vacuum because if they are exposed to air they would oxidize, or rust, very quickly and would not provide light for a very long time. In other words they would burn out too fast.

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