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Abstract
This paper presents a theoretical treatment of the burnout of tungsten filaments containing “hot spots” of finite length. The relationship between filament life, fractional mass loss, and defect length is determined. It is concluded that hot spot length must be taken into account if fractional mass loss is used as a predictor of filament life.