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Electricity flows through a light bulb and does not stay in it. Electric current is flowing electrons that has energy. When the electricity flows through some material, the properties of the material resists the flow. This causes the material to heat up and if it is thin and of the right type of material, it will glow. Think of it as a water pipe. When the pipe gets thinner, the water pressure builds up.

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