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2. Fluorescent lamp - Wikipedia

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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 current in the gas excites mercury vapor, to produce ultraviolet and make a phosphor coating in the lamp glow.

3. Day-Glo Color Corp. - Wikipedia

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   By mixing these compounds with shellac, they invented the first black light fluorescent paints. [3] Joseph used these paints in his amateur magic show and sold magic kits based on the black light fluorescent costumes they created. [3] The brothers established the Fluor-S-Art Co. in 1934 to develop and sell black light paints for advertising ...

4. Fluorescent lamps and health - Wikipedia

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   New lighting systems have not used magnetic ballasts since the turn of the century, however some older installations still remain. Fluorescent lamps with magnetic ballasts flicker at a normally unnoticeable frequency of 100 or 120 Hz (twice of the utility frequency; the lamp is lit on both the positive and negative half-wave of a cycle).

5. Fluorescent-lamp formats - Wikipedia

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   Cross section of a typical fluorescent lamp with and without a reflector. Some lamps have an internal opaque reflector. Coverage of the reflector ranges from 120° to 310° of the lamp's circumference. Reflector lamps are used when light is only desired to be emitted in a single direction, or when an application requires the maximum amount of ...

6. Artcraft Fluorescent Lighting Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Artcraft Fluorescent Lighting Corporation [2] was an American mass manufacturer of fluorescent lighting fixtures from the time of the public introduction of the fluorescent lamp at the 1939 World's Fair. Artcraft was first to announce and start mass manufacturing of a liner showcase striplight fixture and slimline ballast in 1946. [3] [4]

7. Luminous paint - Wikipedia

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   The fluorescent chemicals in fluorescent paint absorb the invisible UV radiation, then emit the energy as longer wavelength visible light of a particular color. Human eyes perceive this light as the unusual 'glow' of fluorescence. The painted surface also reflects any ordinary visible light striking it, which tends to wash out the dim ...