by whit3rd <whit3rd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 4, 2008 at 09:12 PM
On Jun 30, 4:29=A0am, ins...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(C. Nick Kruzer) wrote:
> Are the filiment sup****t prongs in an ordinary household incandescent
> light bulb made of Nickel metal or some type of Nickel alloy?
Yes, usually. The old standard way to secure wires in glass,
or to feed wires through a glass bulb, is to use Kovar wire
(see <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovar>)
and a selected
type of glass for the bulb base assembly (though the bulb
fused to the base might be a different material).
