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halide lamp [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lamps
  • Electrical Engineering
DEF

A discharge lamp in which metal halide salts are added to the contents of a discharge tube in which there is a high-pressure arc in mercury vapor; the added metals generate different wavelengths, to give substantially white light at an efficiency approximating that of high-pressure sodium lamps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lampes
  • Électrotechnique
DEF

Lampe à décharge à haute intensité dont le tube à arc contient, outre du mercure, un sel obtenu en combinant un halogène avec un métal.

Spanish

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