Fluorescent lamp

/flʊəɹˈɛsənt lˈamp/

/flʊɹˈɛsənt lˈæmp/

Fluorescent lamp

lamp consisting of a tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent material; mercury vapor in the tube emits ultraviolet radiation that is converted to visible radiation by the fluorescent material

Examples

1. And of course, we had the metal-halide lamps and fluorescent lamps and things like that.

2. So after bringing back to NASA Ames the samples, we exposes these samples to different doses of UV-C radiation, which can be generated by a fluorescent lamp without this white coating.

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