{"id":3625,"date":"2013-01-30T10:19:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T10:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2016-04-07T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T16:01:34","slug":"filament-bulbs-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/30\/filament-bulbs-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Filament Bulbs Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/filament-bulbs-resistance\/filament-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3627\" title=\"\">The <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/how-to-choose-the-right-bulb-for-your-lamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><em><strong>filament bulbs<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0are a common type of light bulbs. It contains a thin coil of wire called the filament. This heats up when an electric current passes through it and produces light as a result.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3627 size-full\" title=\"filament bulb\" src=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/filament2.jpg\" alt=\"Filament Bulbs Resistance\" width=\"670\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/filament2.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/filament2-396x400.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/filament2-300x303.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/filament2-496x500.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/filament2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>Incandescent light bulbs have <a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/how-to-choose-the-right-bulb-for-your-lamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">filaments<\/a> which are made mainly from the element\u00a0tungsten,       the metal element used for the filaments in incandescent light bulbs.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2015\/07\/interior-design-tips-types-of-bulbs-and-ceiling-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Types of bulbs\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/2013\/01\/filament-bulbs-resistance\/vintage-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3628\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3628 size-full\" title=\"vintage light\" src=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vintage2.jpg\" alt=\"Filament Bulbs Resistance\" width=\"671\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vintage2.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vintage2-399x400.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vintage2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vintage2-499x500.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vintage2-345x345.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vintage2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Experiments were made with different materials to use as the filament,     including natural fibres,     pure metals and alloys of different metals, to find the material which had the longest life whilst glowing brightly enough to give out visible light. The metal Tungsten was found to be the best, because of its high melting point (almost 3700 K) and good resistance to electrical current.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23807\" src=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Nottingham-1-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Filament Bulbs Resistance\" width=\"729\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Nottingham-1-Copy.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Nottingham-1-Copy-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bold\">Incandescent lamps<\/span> (ones that make light of making heat) are getting something of a bad press these days because they waste so much\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.explainthatstuff.com\/energy.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">energy<\/a>, but they\u2019ve longed been considered among the greatest inventions of all time and a burning bright light the bulb is still widely used as the symbol of a great idea. Let\u2019s take a look at these marvels of technology and find out how they work!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23808\" src=\"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Product-73613-1.org-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Filament Bulbs Resistance\" width=\"729\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Product-73613-1.org-Copy.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Product-73613-1.org-Copy-404x400.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Product-73613-1.org-Copy-506x500.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Product-73613-1.org-Copy-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\"><\/p>\n<p>We really hope you liked our article. 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See also: Types of bulbs\u00a0 Experiments were made with different materials to use as the filament, including natural fibres, pure metals and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[936,6120,6118,6119,831],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}