mercury-arc tube
11arc-back — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : failure of a gas filled or mercury vapor rectifier to suppress the current during the inverse voltage half of a cycle due to overheating of the anode or to other causes * * * /ahrk bak /, n. Electronics. an undesirable… …
12Gas-filled tube — See also: Gas discharge lamp A gas filled tube, also known as a discharge tube, is an arrangement of electrodes in a gas within an insulating, temperature resistant envelope. Although the envelope is typically glass, power tubes often use… …
13Xenon arc lamp — A xenon arc lamp is an artificial light source. Powered by electricity, it uses ionized xenon gas to produce a bright white light that closely mimics natural daylight.Xenon arc lamps can be roughly divided into three categories: * Continuous… …
14RMA tube designation — In the years 1942 1944, the Radio Manufacturers Association used a descriptive nomenclature system for industrial, transmitting, and special purpose vacuum tubes. The numbering scheme was distinct from both the numbering schemes used for standard …
15Vacuum tube — This article is about the electronic device. For experiments in an evacuated pipe, see free fall. For the transport system, see pneumatic tube. Modern vacuum tubes, mostly miniature style In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube (in North… …
16Crackle tube — A small battery powered Luminglas device, turned on. A small battery powered Luminglas device, turned …
17Geissler tube — The Geissler tube is a glass tube for demonstrating the principles of electrical glow discharge. The tube was invented by the German physicist and glassblower Heinrich Geissler in 1857. The Geissler tube was an evacuated glass cylinder with an… …
18Metal-halide lamp — A metal halide gas discharge lighting system provides illumination for a college baseball game at Olsen Field in College Station, Texas, United States. Note the various colors of the lights as they warm up. Metal halide lamps, a member of the… …
19Metal halide lamp — Metal halide lamps, a member of the high intensity discharge (HID) family of lamps, produce high light output for their size, making them a compact, powerful, and efficient light source. Originally created in the late 1960 s for industrial use,… …
20Gas-discharge lamp — See also: Gas filled tube Germicidal lamps are simple low pressure mercury vapor discharges in a fused quartz envelope. Gas discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an electrical discharge through an …
