mercury vapor
21Mercury (element) — gold ← mercury → thallium Cd ↑ Hg ↓ Cn …
22Mercury arc valve — A mercury arc valve (mercury vapor rectifier) is a type of electrical rectifier which converts alternating current into direct current. Rectifiers of this type were used in electric motor power supplies for industry, in electric… …
23Mercury cycle — The mercury cycle is a biogeochemical cycle involving mercury. Mercury is notable for being the only heavy metal which is liquid at room temperature. It is a volatile metal and evaporates easily, going into the atmosphere.[citation needed]… …
24mercury lamp — noun : mercury vapor lamp * * * mercury lamp, = mercury vapor lamp. (Cf. ↑mercury vapor lamp) …
25vapor lamp — noun 1. : a lamp burning a vapor (as of alcohol) 2. : a lamp in which an electric discharge takes place through a metallic vapor compare mercury vapor lamp * * * vapor lamp, an electric lamp that uses a vapor or gas instead of a wire filament to… …
26Vapor — A vapor or vapour (see spelling differences) is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical temperature. [R.H.Petrucci, W.S.Harwood and F.G.Herring, General Chemistry , 8th edition (Prentice Hall 2002), p.486] This means …
27Mercury-in-glass thermometer — Closeup of a maximum thermometer. The break in the column of mercury is visible. A mercury in glass thermometer, also known as a mercury thermometer, was invented by German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and is a thermometer… …
28mercury arc — noun : an electric discharge through mercury vapor in a glass or quartz tube emitting a blue green light rich in actinic and ultraviolet rays and used for various purposes (as for water sterilization, in photography, and in a rectifier) * * *… …
29Mercury laser — The mercury laser is a high average power laser system being developed as a prototype for systems to drive inertial confinement fusion. Like the National Ignition Facility, it is intended to produce narrow pulses of extremely high power, using… …
30mercury lamp — gyvsidabrio lempa statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. mercury lamp; mercury vapor lamp; mercury vapour lamp vok. Quecksilberdampflampe, f; Quecksilberlampe, f rus. ртутная лампа, f pranc. lampe à mercure, f; lampe à vapeur de mercure, f …
