Is there an easy way...

to tell whether a particular bridge wire is nichrome or tungsten? I am stripping back an igniter to see the construction technique and would like
to determine the type of bridge used.
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If the wire are the same diameter nichrome has about 20 times the resistance per unit length as does tungsten. Tom
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get it x-rayed. That would tell ya.....:-)

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