Its a coiled tungsten filament.
The thin wire inside an electric bulb is called a filament. It is usually made of tungsten and becomes hot and emits light when an electric current passes through it.
The filament, located inside the light bulb, is made of a very thin wire usually made of tungsten. This filament is heated by the flow of electricity, causing it to emit light.
A light bulb filament is a thin wire, typically made of tungsten, that is heated by an electrical current to produce light. As the filament heats up, it glows and produces light, making it a critical component in an incandescent light bulb.
When the wire inside a light bulb breaks, it interrupts the flow of electricity, causing the circuit to become incomplete. Without a continuous flow of electricity, the bulb cannot produce light. The broken wire prevents the filament from heating up and emitting light.
The atoms inside the wire of the lightbulb all have electrons which are pushed from atom to atom when the light is turned on, this is the current. When the electrons are pushed around the circuit they generate lots of heat because the wire in the bulb is so thin, this makes the wire glow white hot which creates the light.
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Filament
The thin wire inside an electric bulb is called a filament. It is usually made of tungsten and becomes hot and emits light when an electric current passes through it.
The filament, located inside the light bulb, is made of a very thin wire usually made of tungsten. This filament is heated by the flow of electricity, causing it to emit light.
A light bulb filament is a thin wire, typically made of tungsten, that is heated by an electrical current to produce light. As the filament heats up, it glows and produces light, making it a critical component in an incandescent light bulb.
If you are talking about an incandescent light bulb then its called a filament. It is thin so that it has a high level of resistance. Current going through the filament causes it to heat up and give off EM radiation in the spectrum of visible light.
The wiring inside the light bulb is very thin (the filament) and glows when heated. The current through the thin wire heats up the filament wire so that it will glow. See the related link 'How Light Bulbs Work'.
When the wire inside a light bulb breaks, it interrupts the flow of electricity, causing the circuit to become incomplete. Without a continuous flow of electricity, the bulb cannot produce light. The broken wire prevents the filament from heating up and emitting light.
The atoms inside the wire of the lightbulb all have electrons which are pushed from atom to atom when the light is turned on, this is the current. When the electrons are pushed around the circuit they generate lots of heat because the wire in the bulb is so thin, this makes the wire glow white hot which creates the light.
It is called a filament and usually made of tungsten steel.
Electricity through a thin wire (filament) makes it glow, which is prevented from burning through the wire by gas inside the bulb.
The part of the wire that actually produces all the heat and light is the "filament".