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Why does an electric bulb glow when a current passes through it?

Class 8th Lakhmir Singh & Manjit Kaur - Science 14. Chemical Effects of Electric Current

Answer :

The electric bulb glows because it completes the circuit when put in the conducting solution and the conducting solution helps to glow the bulb.

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