The filament of an electric bulb is made of tungsten.
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The filament of an electric bulb is made of tungsten because it has some amazing properties including the highest melting point (3422oC), lowest vapor pressure, and greatest tensile strength out of all the metals. Because of these It can reach high temperature before melting.
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Tungsten is used for making filament of an electric bulb due to the following reasons:
- Being an alloy it has a very high melting point
- It has very high resistivity so it does not burn easily at room temperature
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