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Question

Complete the following sentences :

A fuse wire is made of an alloy of .......... and ..........

A
lead, tin
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nickel , lead
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cadmium, lead
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nickel, tin
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Solution

The correct option is A lead, tin
A fuse is the device to protect the electric circuits from over loading and short circuit.
Fuses are safety devices that are to be built into our electrical system. If there were no fuses and we operated too many appliances on a single circuit, the cable carrying the power for that circuit would get extremely hot, short circuit, and possibly start a fire. To prevent electrical overloads, fuses are designed to trip or blow, stopping the flow of current to the overloaded cable.
Fuse is a piece of wire of a material with a very low melting point. When a high current flows through the circuit due to overloading or short circuit, the wires gets heated and melts. As a result, the circuit is broken and current stops flowing.
Hence, the fuse element is made of zinc, copper, silver, aluminum, or alloys to provide stable and predictable characteristics.
The fuse must always be connected to the mains and it must be of correct value. For example, a 15-ampere fuse should trip when the current through it exceeds 15 amperes. A 20-ampere fuse should blow when the current through it exceeds 20 amps.
Hence, A fuse wire is made of an alloy of lead and tin If the current in a circuit rises too high, the fuse wire melts.
Hence correct option is option A.

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