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That type of bulb makes its light by making a small piece of tungsten wire glow at around 3000 degrees Celsius. Obviously that process also produces a lot of heat so incandescent bulbs are inefficient, i.e. they produce not much light for a lot of electric power used.
Tungsten is used because it has the highest melting-point of all metals.
What else can I help you with?
Is the burner an incandescent?
No, a burner is not considered incandescent. Incandescent refers to light produced by a hot object, like an incandescent light bulb, not a heat source like a burner.
What is the name for a regular light bulb?
incandescent
Does the filament of an incandescent light bulb glow because it gets extremely hot?
yes
What is the filament in an incandescent light bulb made of?
The filament in an incandescent light bulb is typically made of tungsten.
What is incandescent light bulb?
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light which produces light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature by an electric current passing through it, until it glows.
What is the part of a light bulb that gets hot and produces lights?
In an incandescent light bulb this is the filament. It is usually made of tungsten.
What is the average lifespan of an incandescent light bulb?
The average lifespan of an incandescent light bulb is around 1,000 to 2,000 hours.
Which type of light bulb glows when a filament inside it gets hot?
Incandescent light bulbs produce light when a filament made of tungsten wire is heated by an electric current flowing through it. The filament glows and emits light as it reaches high temperatures.
Why is an incandescent bulb hot to touch when it is switched on for a while?
Incandescent bulbs produce light using a property known as black body (or cavity) radiation, which simply put boils down to "hot things glow." The incandescent bulb heats the filament (typically a coil of wire) to thousands of degrees so that it glows. Since the bulb itself is generally at most a few inches from the filament, it gets pretty hot as well.
Is light in an incandescent bulb matter?
Yes, light in an incandescent bulb is a form of electromagnetic radiation, not matter. The light is produced by the heating of a tungsten filament in the bulb, causing it to emit visible light.
What type of light is a light bulb that uses a filament?
A light bulb that uses a filament is also known as an incandescent light bulb.
Which light bulb produces the most light?
Incandescent
