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Why do lightbulbs burn out?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

They burn out from 1) the rapid heating and cooling of the Tungsten filament, and 2) from the tungsten atoms being released from the metal filament by way of the extremely high temperatures. Eventually the tungsten metal fails and the filament breaks.

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16y ago

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