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Fluorescent lamp
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A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. An electric current in the gas excites mercury vapor, to pr
Linear fluorescent lamps illuminating a pedestrian tunnel
Linear fluorescent lamps illuminating a pedestrian tunnel
Top: two non-integrated compact fluorescent lamps. Bottom: two fluorescent tube lamps. Both types require a ballast in the light fixture. A matchstick
Top: two non-integrated compact fluorescent lamps. Bottom: two fluorescent tube lamps. Both types require a ballast in the light fixture. A matchstick, left, is shown for scale.
Typical F71T12 100 W G13 bi-pin lamp used in tanning beds. The (Hg) symbol indicates that this lamp contains mercury. In the US, this symbol is now re
Typical F71T12 100 W G13 bi-pin lamp used in tanning beds. The (Hg) symbol indicates that this lamp contains mercury. In the US, this symbol is now required on all mercury-containing fluorescent lamps.
A "tombstone" style lamp-holder for T12 and T8 G13 bi-pin fluorescent lamps
A "tombstone" style lamp-holder for T12 and T8 G13 bi-pin fluorescent lamps
Fluorescence
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Fluorescence is one of two kinds of photoluminescence, the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. When exposed to ultraviolet radiation, many subs
Fluorescent lamp
…A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. An electric current in the gas excites mercury vapor, to produce ultraviolet and make a phosphor coating in the lamp glow…
Fluorescent minerals emit visible light when exposed to ultraviolet.
Fluorescent minerals emit visible light when exposed to ultraviolet.
Fluorescent marine organisms
Fluorescent marine organisms
Fluorescent clothes used in black light theatre production, Prague
Fluorescent clothes used in black light theatre production, Prague
A cup made from the wood of the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus) beside a flask containing its fluorescent solution Lignum nephriticum
A cup made from the wood of the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus) beside a flask containing its fluorescent solution Lignum nephriticum