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Fuse wire is a wire of :...

Fuse wire is a wire of :

A

high resistance and high melting point

B

high resistance and low melting point

C

low resistance and low melting point

D

low resistance and hight melting point.

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Fuse wire must have high resistance (per unit length `&` low melting point.
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