Fluorescent lamp containing a mercury zinc amalgam and a method of manufacture
US6339287B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J61/24
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fluorescent lamp containing zinc amalgam and a method of precisely controlling the amount of mercury introduced into a temperature controlled fluorescent lamp. Precise quantities of mercury may be introduced into a fluorescent lamp in the form of solid zinc amalgam pellets that are in a metastable, non-equilibrium state.
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