Electrodeless Lamp
Model ID: 10062
This model simulates an electrodeless lamp with argon/mercury chemistry. The low excitation threshold for mercury atoms means that even though the mercury is present in small concentrations, its behavior dominates. There is strong UV emission from the plasma at 185 nm and 253 nm. The UV emission can stimulate phosphors coated on the surface of the bulb. From an electrical point of view, the lamp can be thought of as a transformer, where the coil acts as the primary and the plasma acts as the secondary. If the efficiency of discharge lamps could be increased by 1%, it would result in a saving of 109 kWh per year worldwide.
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Plot of the mole fraction of ground state mercury in an electrodeless lamp. The mercury is converted into an electronically excited state in the plasma core which then de-excites back to the ground state on the walls. |
