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High pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp containing bismuth iodide

US3989972A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1967
Grant dateNov 2, 1976
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Expiry dateOct 27, 1987

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/18
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high pressure, mercury-vapor (HPMV) discharge lamp of the additive type having a discharge sustaining filling which includes between 0.5 and 2.5 mg. of bismuth iodide (BiI.sub.3) per cubic centimeter of arc tube volume, a mercury charge of about 3.0 mg. per cubic centimeter of arc tube volume and a small quantity of inert ionizable starting gas whereby a substantially continuous radiation spectrum is achieved.

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