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mercury arc

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mercury arc [′mər·kyə·rē ′ärk]
(electronics)
An electric discharge through ionized mercury vapor, giving off a brilliant bluish-green light containing strong ultraviolet radiation.


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The illuminator houses a xenon or mercury arc lamp and a turret of filter cubes.
Fluorescent bulbs produce light by activating phosphors on the interior of the bulb using ultraviolet energy generated by a mercury arc.
This type of radiation is also found in things such as germicidal lamps and mercury arc lamps.
 
 
 
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