Max temperature for 3.2 V incandescent light bulb

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In my physics lab, I calculated a value of 5436 deg C for the max temperature of the filament by measuring its resistance. Is it possible for a filament to reach this temperature?

I'm thinking it might be since the wire is so small that it wouldn't kill the world.
 
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That's far too high. Tungsten is good to not quite 4000C.

Typical filament is around 3000C.
 

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