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Gas-discharge lamp, the Glossary

Gas-discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an electric discharge through an ionized gas, a plasma.^[1]

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Gas discharge lamps

Aluminium oxide

Aluminium oxide (or aluminium(III) oxide) is a chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen with the chemical formula.

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Anode

An anode is an electrode of a polarized electrical device through which conventional current enters the device.

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An arc flash is the light and heat produced as part of an arc fault (sometimes referred to as an electrical flashover), a type of electrical explosion or discharge that results from a connection through air to ground or another voltage phase in an electrical system.

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Ardèche

Ardèche (Ardecha,; Ardecha) is a department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Southeastern France.

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Argon

Argon is a chemical element; it has symbol Ar and atomic number 18.

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Assimilation (biology)

Assimilation is the process of absorption of vitamins, minerals, and other chemicals from food as part of the nutrition of an organism.

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Atom

Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements.

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Bar (unit)

The bar is a metric unit of pressure defined as 100,000 Pa (100 kPa), though not part of the International System of Units (SI).

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Barium azide

Barium azide is an inorganic azide with the formula.

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Barometer

A barometer is a scientific instrument that is used to measure air pressure in a certain environment.

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Barometric light

Barometric light is a name for the light that is emitted by a mercury-filled barometer tube when the tube is shaken.

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A bimetallic strip or bimetal strip is a strip that consists of two strips of different metals which expand at different rates as they are heated.

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Blue

Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model.

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Blue-gray

Livid is a medium bluish-gray color.

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Blue-green

Blue-green is the color between blue and green.

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Borosilicate glass

Borosilicate glass is a type of glass with silica and boron trioxide as the main glass-forming constituents.

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Breakdown voltage

The breakdown voltage of an insulator is the minimum voltage that causes a portion of an insulator to experience electrical breakdown and become electrically conductive.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Carbon-dioxide laser

The carbon-dioxide laser (CO2 laser) was one of the earliest gas lasers to be developed.

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Cathode

A cathode is the electrode from which a conventional current leaves a polarized electrical device.

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A ceramic metal-halide lamp (CMH), also generically known as a ceramic discharge metal-halide (CDM) lamp, is a type of metal-halide lamp that is 10–20% more efficient than the traditional quartz metal halide and produces a superior color rendition (80-96 CRI). Gas-discharge lamp and ceramic metal-halide lamp are gas discharge lamps.

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Cold cathode

A cold cathode is a cathode that is not electrically heated by a filament. Gas-discharge lamp and cold cathode are gas discharge lamps.

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Color rendering index

A color rendering index (CRI) is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to reveal the colors of various objects faithfully in comparison with a natural or standard light source.

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Current density

In electromagnetism, current density is the amount of charge per unit time that flows through a unit area of a chosen cross section.

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Daniel McFarlan Moore

Daniel McFarlan Moore (February 27, 1869 – June 15, 1936) was an American electrical engineer and inventor.

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Electric arc

An electric arc (or arc discharge) is an electrical breakdown of a gas that produces a prolonged electrical discharge.

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Electric discharge

In electromagnetism, an electric discharge is the release and transmission of electricity in an applied electric field through a medium such as a gas (i.e., an outgoing flow of electric current through a non-metal medium).

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Electric field

An electric field (sometimes called E-field) is the physical field that surrounds electrically charged particles.

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Electric light

An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical component that produces light.

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Electrical ballast

An electrical ballast is a device placed in series with a load to limit the amount of current in an electrical circuit. Gas-discharge lamp and electrical ballast are gas discharge lamps.

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Electrode

An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).

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Electron

The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge.

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Emission spectrum

The emission spectrum of a chemical element or chemical compound is the spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to electrons making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.

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Flash (photography)

A flash is a device used in photography that produces a brief burst of light (typically lasting to of a second) at a color temperature of about to help illuminate a scene.

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Flashtube

A flashtube (flashlamp) is an electric arc lamp designed to produce extremely intense, incoherent, full-spectrum white light for a very short time. Gas-discharge lamp and flashtube are gas discharge lamps.

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Fluorescence

Fluorescence is one of two kinds of emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation.

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Fluorescent lamp

A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. Gas-discharge lamp and fluorescent lamp are gas discharge lamps.

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Francis Hauksbee

Francis Hauksbee the Elder (1660–1713), also known as Francis Hawksbee, was an 18th-century English scientist best known for his work on electricity and electrostatic repulsion.

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Fused quartz

Fused quartz, fused silica or quartz glass is a glass consisting of almost pure silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) in amorphous (non-crystalline) form.

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Gas

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter.

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Gas-filled tube

A gas-filled tube, also commonly known as a discharge tube or formerly as a Plücker tube, is an arrangement of electrodes in a gas within an insulating, temperature-resistant envelope.

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Geissler tube

A Geissler tube is a precursor to modern gas discharge tubes, demonstrating the principles of electrical glow discharge, akin to contemporary neon lights, and central to the discovery of the electron. Gas-discharge lamp and Geissler tube are gas discharge lamps.

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Georges Claude

Georges Claude (24 September 187023 May 1960) was a French engineer and inventor.

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Glow discharge

A glow discharge is a plasma formed by the passage of electric current through a gas. Gas-discharge lamp and glow discharge are gas discharge lamps.

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Green

Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum.

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Grey

Grey (more common in Commonwealth English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white.

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Ground state

The ground state of a quantum-mechanical system is its stationary state of lowest energy; the energy of the ground state is known as the zero-point energy of the system.

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Halide

In chemistry, a halide (rarely halogenide) is a binary chemical compound, of which one part is a halogen atom and the other part is an element or radical that is less electronegative (or more electropositive) than the halogen, to make a fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, astatide, or theoretically tennesside compound.

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Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff

Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (Rühmkorff) (15 January 1803 – 20 December 1877) was a German instrument maker who commercialised the induction coil (often referred to as the Ruhmkorff coil).

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Heinrich Geißler

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Geißler (26 May 1814 in Igelshieb – 24 January 1879) was a skilled glassblower and physicist, famous for his invention of the hand pumped Geissler mercury vacuum pump in the mid-1850's and in 1857, the Geissler tube, made of glass and used as a low pressure gas-discharge tube; these two inventions were critical technologies leading to the discovery of the electron.

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Helium

Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.

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Hot cathode

In vacuum tubes and gas-filled tubes, a hot cathode or thermionic cathode is a cathode electrode which is heated to make it emit electrons due to thermionic emission. Gas-discharge lamp and hot cathode are gas discharge lamps.

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Humphry Davy

Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, (17 December 177829 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.

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Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamp

Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide (HMI) is the trademark name of Osram's brand of metal-halide gas discharge medium arc-length lamp, made specifically for film and entertainment applications. Gas-discharge lamp and Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamp are gas discharge lamps.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Incandescent light bulb

An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows.

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Induction coil

An induction coil or "spark coil" (archaically known as an inductorium or Ruhmkorff coil after Heinrich Rühmkorff) is a type of electrical transformer used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current (DC) supply.

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International Commission on Illumination

The International Commission on Illumination (usually abbreviated CIE for its French name, Commission internationale de l'éclairage) is the international authority on light, illumination, colour, and colour spaces.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.

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Ionization

Ionization (or ionisation specifically in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons, often in conjunction with other chemical changes.

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Jean Picard

Jean Picard (21 July 1620 – 12 July 1682) was a French astronomer and priest born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Jesuit Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand.

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Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

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Krypton

Krypton (from translit 'the hidden one') is a chemical element; it has symbol Kr and atomic number 36.

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Lavender (color)

Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet.

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LED lamp

An LED lamp or LED light is an electric light that produces light using light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

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Light blue

Light blue is a color or range of colors, typically a lightened shade with a hue between cyan and blue.

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Light pollution

Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting.

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List of light sources

This is a list of sources of light, the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Lumen (unit)

The lumen (symbol: lm) is the unit of luminous flux, a measure of the perceived power of visible light emitted by a source, in the International System of Units (SI).

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Luminous efficacy

Luminous efficacy is a measure of how well a light source produces visible light.

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Magenta

Magenta is a purplish-red color.

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Mercury (element)

Mercury is a chemical element; it has symbol Hg and atomic number 80.

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Mercury-vapor lamp

A mercury-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light. Gas-discharge lamp and mercury-vapor lamp are gas discharge lamps.

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A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.

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A metal-halide lamp is an electrical lamp that produces light by an electric arc through a gaseous mixture of vaporized mercury and metal halides (compounds of metals with bromine or iodine). Gas-discharge lamp and metal-halide lamp are gas discharge lamps.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas-discharge_lamp

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