Physics, asked by shivamsaro875, 1 year ago

what materials is used to make the fuse wire? can you use any metallic wire as a fuse wire? give reason.

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Answered by Infinity9919
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A fuse is made up of Zinc,Copper, Aluminium, and silver(or an alloy of all). No, we cannot use any other metallic wire in place of fuse because it won't melt when the extra current flows and keeps us prone to overloading and short circuit.
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Answered by surendrapednekar530
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Answer:

Explanation:

The material used for making fuse element has a low melting point such as tin, lead, or zinc. A low melting point is, however, available with a high specific resistance metal shown in the table below. The material mainly used for fuse element are tin, lead, silver.

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