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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...
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    fluorescent light, energy-saving light and compact fluorescent tube, is a fluorescent lamp designed to replace an incandescent light bulb; some types...
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    A vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) is a display device once commonly used on consumer electronics equipment such as video cassette recorders, car radios...
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    light, which in turn causes a fluorescent coating on the inside of the lamp to emit visible light. Cold-cathode fluorescent lamps were used for backlighting...
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    LED tube is a type of LED lamp used in fluorescent tube luminaires with G5 and G13 bases to replace traditional fluorescent tubes. As compared to fluorescent...
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    introduction as a commercial product in 1939, many different types of fluorescent lamp have been introduced. Systematic nomenclature identifies mass-market...
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    Fluorescence (redirect from Fluorescent)
    spectroscopy), fluorescent labelling, dyes, biological detectors, cosmic-ray detection, vacuum fluorescent displays, and cathode-ray tubes. Its most common...
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  • "Fluorescent Adolescent" is a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was released as the second single from their second studio album Favourite...
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    a gas-filled tube; these include fluorescent lamps, metal-halide lamps, sodium-vapor lamps, and neon lights. Specialized gas-filled tubes such as krytrons...
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    Electronics portal Genericized trademark Nimo tube Numitron tube Sixteen-segment display Vacuum fluorescent display "Calculator Displays". www.vintagecalculators...
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    used example is the inductive ballast used in fluorescent lamps to limit the current through the tube, which would otherwise rise to a destructive level...
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    Neon lighting (redirect from Neon tube)
    In fluorescent lights, the light emitted by rarefied gases within a tube is used exclusively to excite fluorescent materials that coat the tube, which...
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    short-term and long-term. Fluorescent blacklight tubes are typically made in the same fashion as normal fluorescent tubes except that a phosphor that...
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    Crookes tubes with fluorescent paint, to make the beams more visible. This accidental fluorescence allowed researchers to notice that objects in the tube, such...
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    A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a...
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    milliseconds to days. Fluorescent materials are used in applications in which the phosphor is excited continuously: cathode-ray tubes (CRT) and plasma video...
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    both argon and mercury vapor, colors of fluorescent powders, methods of attaching them to the inside of the tube, and other details of the lamp and its...
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    detectors, video imaging tubes) tubes used to display information ("magic eye" tubes, vacuum fluorescent displays, CRTs) Vacuum tubes may have other components...
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    depends on several factors, but generally crackle tubes are not very bright when compared to a fluorescent light or incandescent lamp. They are best viewed...
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    Crayola assortments from 1903 to the present. Since the introduction of fluorescent crayons in the 1970s, the standard colors have been complemented by a...
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  • excimer molecules. Fluorescent lamp – Lamp using fluorescence to produce light Compact fluorescent lamp – Fluorescent lamps with folded tubes, often with built-in...
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    A magic eye tube or tuning indicator, in technical literature called an electron-ray indicator tube, is a vacuum tube which gives a visual indication...
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    two main types of fluorescent lights used for growing plants are the tube-style lights and compact fluorescent lights. Fluorescent grow lights are not...
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    technological innovation in neon lighting and signs was the development of fluorescent tube coatings. Jacques Risler received a French patent in 1926 for these...
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  • component of efficient fluorescent lamps. : 192  A broken fluorescent tube will release its mercury content. Safe cleanup of broken fluorescent bulbs differs from...
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    light. The arc discharge is generally confined to a small fused quartz arc tube mounted within a larger soda lime or borosilicate glass bulb. The outer bulb...
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    For example, in some fluorescent tubes a momentary high voltage is applied to the electrodes to start the current through the tube; after starting the...
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  • plasma display: 1968 LED display: 1968 Eggcrate display 1967 Vacuum fluorescent display as used in consumer electronics. 1971 Twisted nematic field effect...
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    reflecting a fluorescent ceiling light into a spectrometer is a common calibration practice. Gaseous mercury is also found in some electron tubes, including...
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    changes that take place in the actin cytoskeleton during pollen tube growth, green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) have been put to use. GFPs were mainly selected...
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