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Alloys are used in electrical heating devices rather than pure metals. Give one reason.

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Alloys are used in electrical heating devices rather than pure metals because the resistivity of an alloy is more than the resistivity of a pure metal. Moreover alloy does not burn (or oxidize) easily even at higher temperature.
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