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Complete the Following Sentences:Fuse Wire Has a . Melting Point and It is Made of an Alloy of ......... and If the Current in a Circuit Rises Too High, the Fuse Wire - Physics

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Complete the following sentence:

Fuse wire has a ............ Melting point and it is made of an alloy of ......... and if the current in a circuit rises too high, the fuse wire ...........

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Fuse wire has a low. Melting point and it is made of an alloy of lead and tin and if the current in a circuit rises too high, the fuse wire melts

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Chapter 4: Current Electricity - Exercise 4.2 i [Page 187]

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Frank Physics - Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 4 Current Electricity
Exercise 4.2 i | Q 11.2 | Page 187

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