Fuse wire is made of :

Platinum

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Aluminium

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Alloy in tin and lead

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Solution

The correct option is B Alloy in tin and lead
Electric fuse wire is a wire which allows only upto a limit of current through it, if a particular amount of value of current is exceeded then it melts down.
so for achieving the melting property the fuse wire is made up of an alloy made of tin $63 %$ & lead $37 %$ . which can melt down over low temperatures.

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