The hotter a light bulb filament gets, the greater the intensity of the light.
No substance is solid and usable as a light bulb filament at temperatures anywhere close to this.
Light bulb filament: alternative to tungsten filaments in incandescent lamps.
The batteries would be connected to light bulb filaments that would detonate the bomb.
Other materials would melt or vaporize at these temperatures, making them useless as light bulb filaments.
The plant had a research department to find a new suitable material for a light bulb filament.
Almost four inches of it, as thick as a light bulb filament!
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Their most well known use is in light bulb filaments.
The bulb filament would be broken and the device placed near high explosives.