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 ...

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 ...

The Lumen 200 Fluorescence Illumination System from Prior Scientific offers a powerful, cost effective alternative to traditional short arc Mercury vapour lamps and bulbs used in fluorescence ...

Owing to their energy efficiency, the market for fluorescent lighting is rapidly growing. However, these lamps contain mercury, which is a well-known toxicant, especially for the neural development of ...

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 ...

UNDER the name of “The Uviol Lamp,” Dr. O. Schott, of Jena, is introducing a modification ot the Cooper Hewitt mercury vapour lamp, which appears likely to prove useful. The illuminating power of ...