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TheFrom Cutnell & Johnson PHYSICS 4th Ed. NY: Wiley p.618
Q20.12: The filament in an incandescent light bulb is made from tungsten.
radius of the tungsten wire is 0.045 mm...radius
Soln manual suggests a 150W bulb has a 11m long filament. If the above
is correct, I concur.....
/rho_{tungsten} = 5.6 x 10^{-8} ohm * m
Dan MacIsaac