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Question
Why is an electric light bulb not filled with air? Explain why argon or nitrogen is filled in an electric bulb.
Solution
If air is filled in an electric bulb, the extremely hot tungsten filament would burn up quickly because of the oxygen present in the air. So, a bulb is filled with a chemically unreactive gas like argon or nitrogen.
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