Last week, we took a look at fluorescent lighting, which is dramatically reducing our energy use for illuminating indoor spaces. This week, we'll cover mercury vapor lighting, which is the most common ...

An investigation to find out how much mercury energy-saving lamps contain has been conducted. Seventy-five commercially available lamps were tested, with encouraging results -- as far as mercury ...

An ultraviolet (UV) LED in a surface-mount PLCC-2 package, the VLMU3100 by Vishay Intertechnology, serves as a solid-state replacement for mercury vapor lamps. Featuring a typical luminous intensity ...

Last week, after an overview of lighting history, we examined incandescent lighting -- the lamp technology invented by Thomas Edison. Until the mid-1900s incandescent lighting dominated both ...

Even if you aren’t a tube aficionado, you can’t help but be mesmerized by the blue glow inside a mercury vapor rectifier when it operates. It looks less like early 20th century tech and more like ...

Dublin, May 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Arc-based Plasma Lighting Market by Light Source (Xenon Arc Lamps, Metal Halide Lamps, Deuterium Lamps, Krypton Arc Lamps, Mercury Vapor Lamps), ...

Researchers have discovered a nanomaterial that can absorb the mercury emitted from a broken compact fluorescent lamp. The researchers have created a mercury-absorbent container lining that can be ...

The Optoelectronics group of Vishay Intertechnology announced the VLMU3100, an ultraviolet (UV) LED in the surface-mount PLCC-2 package. Aimed at a wide range of applications, including adhesive ...