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 The Man Behind Incandescent Lamps
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in
Milan Ohio, Amerika Serikat. Thomas Alva Edison is one of
the most important scientist in the history of science. However,
as a child, he always got bad grades at school, until finally his
mother dimissed Thomas from school and taught himself at
home. Because, he had received a warning from the school that
Thomas was a child who could not study at school. He was one
of the students who often missed lessons with his friend. At the
age of 12 years, little Thomas Alva Edison already has a small
chemistry laboratory, 1 years later he has succesed in making a
telegraph and he has also working as a saller of newspaper,
sweets and fruit on the train for several years.
In 1961, Thomas had the idea to publish his first newspaper on the train
which was very useful to meet people’s need for information, the
newspaper packeted $400 a day. In 1877, Thomas invented the
phonograph, in this years he realized the importance of light source for
human life, then he kept himself busy with a problem that was a concern
for many incandescent lamp reaserches. For the reason, he put all his
energy and time into spending as much $40.000 in 2 years on his
experiment to make incandescent lamps.
How it Works
Incandescent lamp work by sending electric current through a resistive material.
Typically materials will glow before reaching a melting point. Most materials will
glow a dull red color when they reach around 525 Celsius. Most materials will catch
fire or melt and can not make a good filament.
Filaments are made from materials that have a high melting point. Tungsten can
reach up to 3422 C before it melts. This is a higher temperature than any lamp will
reach (except the carbon arc lamp which gets to 3500 C). Other materials have
made good filaments or parts of filaments including tantalum, molybdenum, and
carbon.
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