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Why are coils of electric toasters and electric irons made of an alloy rather than a pure metal ?

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Due to high resistivity of alloys rather than its constituting metals.
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Because the resistivity of an alloy is higher than a pure metal. Also alloys do not metal easily at high temperatures.
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