Metal Halide Lamp Construction

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Metal halide lamp construction.

The information provided in these materials is intended to be general and advisory in nature. Reiling had discovered metal halide lamp in 1960. Showing slide current slide of total slides best selling. Who invented metal halide lamp.

What is metal halide lamp. The lower the number the more faded the colors will look. These are actually metal halide lamps. Capacitor a device used in electric circuitry to temporarily store electrical charge in the form of an electrostatic field.

Doe published a final rule pertaining to test procedures for meral halide lamp fixtures. Full intensity is reached 20 to 30 seconds later once the salts of sodium and scandium are vaporized by the heat of the xenon arc. Metal halide lamp is special type of arc discharge lamp that works on the arc stream via some iodide salts along with argon gas and mercury vapor pressure at several millimeters with the arc tube temperature of 1000 k. So if you have an application where you need the colors to be as accurate as possible you will want a bulb with a higher cri.

Department of labor safety and health administration tib 00 09 13. The metal halide lamp fixtures energy test procedure docket eere 2008 bt tp 0017 contains all notices public comments public meeting transcripts and supporting documents pertaining to this rulemaking. Technical information bulletin u s. Metal halide lamps belong to a family of high intensity discharge hid lamps that includes mercury vapor and sodium vapor lamps.

1 how it works. A halogen is a monovalent element which readily forms negative ions. Metal halide lamps that have a high cri include flood lamps used for retail lighting and grow lamps. Ignitor a device either by itself or in association with other components that generates voltage pulses to start discharge lamps.

Metal halide high pressure sodium and mercury vapor are types of hid lamps. Like fluorescent lamps hid lamps produce light by the excitation of a gas confined between a pair of electrodes and require a ballast to limit current draw and to provide proper starting and operating voltages. What is the constructional feature of a metal halide lamp. Venture 400w tubular dual ballast metal halide lamp ref37.

The xenon gas is used only to provide some light immediately upon lamp startup as required for safety in an automotive headlamp application. The lamp uses mercury vapor to create the powerful light like the high pressure mercury vapor but includes other metals halide salts to improve the color. Technical information paper series. Building metal halide lamps supplies.

Go to previous slide best selling. Metal halide lighting construction projects 1 source. A halide is a chemical compound of a halogen combined with an electropositive element or in the case of lamps.