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As with any other light bulb or other appliance, it depends on how many watts you use. Since your electric bill is predicated on how many kilowatt hours you use, an example would be the Mercury vapor lamp is 1500 watts, and you use it for six hours a day for 20 days... for each hour you use it, the cost is 1.5kW X whatever the utility charges you X the number of hrs, which in this case is 120hrs.
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Inhaled mercury vapor?
Inhaled mercury vapor in small amounts, for adults, can have little or no effect at all. If too much is inhaled, this is absorbed through the lungs, allowing much of it to reach the brain.
Do incandescent light bulbs have more mercury in them than fluorescent?
I would say no. My reasoning is that if incandescent bulbs have as much or more mercury than fluorescent bulbs, the fluorescent industry would be debunking all the reports of a mercury problem.Incandescent lights do not need or use mercury to operate, so there is none in them.Fluorescent lights cannot be made at all without mercury, as it is the glow of mercury ions that produces the UV light inside the fluorescent bulb to excite the phosphor coating to make visible light.
Is the planet Mercury red or grey?
In natural light, Mercury is grayish, much like the earth's moon.
Do energy saving light bulbs have mercury in them?
CFLs do, they could not operate at all without somemercury. However they have much much less than older style fluorescent bulbs/tubes and the manufacturers are improving them so that today's CFL has less mercury than one from a couple years ago and a CFL made in a couple years should have even less.LEDs don't.
Why tube light glowing white colour?
Mercury is present inside the tube light.When we give supply to the tube light the mercury vapours excites and it produces uv radiation which then strikes the fluorescent material and produces light. Therefore it is called fluorescent light.
Inhaled mercury vapor?
Inhaled mercury vapor in small amounts, for adults, can have little or no effect at all. If too much is inhaled, this is absorbed through the lungs, allowing much of it to reach the brain.
How much light does mercury have?
It doesn't produce light.
Do incandescent light bulbs have more mercury in them than fluorescent?
I would say no. My reasoning is that if incandescent bulbs have as much or more mercury than fluorescent bulbs, the fluorescent industry would be debunking all the reports of a mercury problem.Incandescent lights do not need or use mercury to operate, so there is none in them.Fluorescent lights cannot be made at all without mercury, as it is the glow of mercury ions that produces the UV light inside the fluorescent bulb to excite the phosphor coating to make visible light.
Are mercury vapor light bulbs which cycle on and off through out the night energy efficient vs fluorescent flood lights mounted on a motion detecting fixture?
First, if your Mercury vapor lights are cycling on and off you probably have a bad ballast. Any ballasted bulb will be much less efficient when cycling on and off. The greatest amount of power is used when the power is first transmitted through the gas within the bulb. Second, Florescent bulbs are just about as efficient as mercury vapor lumen for lumen. Hope this helps Terry
How much sun light does mercury get?
mercury gets about 1 whole earth days
Is mercury vapour formed at room temperature?
Yes - but not much (very low vapor pressure @ room temp, but not zero).
Is the planet Mercury red or grey?
In natural light, Mercury is grayish, much like the earth's moon.
How does an ozone lamp work?
"Ozone lamps" are UV light sources that use quartz sleeves between the environment and the mercury plasma that produces the light, and does not have the titanium dioxide coating that absorbs short wave UV and makes lots of visible light (the usual fluorescent light bulb does this). Normal glass will absorb too much of the UV. Ozone in the tropopause is produced by 215nm (or more energetic) UV light, and mercury vapor lamps produce some light at a more energetic 185nm wavelength.
What is the principle of electric tube light?
The way an electric tube, or fluorescent, light works is really very interesting. Most "regular" light bulbs are incandescent. Their source of light is the glow of electricity passing through a very thin wire known as a filament that is suspended in a vacuum. It glows with a "warm" color in the yellow/orange range. With a fluorescent tube there are two filaments, but they do not directly provide the light source, and a mercury vapor instead of a vacuum.On each end of a long glass tube are coils using electricity regulated by a ballast. The tube is filled with mercury vapor and phosphor. The electricity passing through the filaments excites the mercury vapor causing it to glow with ultraviolet (black) light. Ultraviolet light is not visible, but it does cause cause certain chemicals and colors to glow or fluoresce. If you take laundry detergent with phosphorous in it, for example, and place it under an ultraviolet (black) light, the phosphorus glows cold white. So by adding Phosphorus to the tube of Mercury vapor it will also glow when the vapor is excited electrically.The result is a lot of light for a much lower amount of electricity, and excess heat. The color temperature is very close to that of daylight but a little cooler, in the blue/green range. That makes growing plants under fluorescent light more effective also. The negatives are that most "tube lights" can not be dimmed with a wall dimmer-switch, and the ballasts, that controls electrical flow, do have a tendency to burn out or fail after a time.
Do energy saving light bulbs have mercury in them?
CFLs do, they could not operate at all without somemercury. However they have much much less than older style fluorescent bulbs/tubes and the manufacturers are improving them so that today's CFL has less mercury than one from a couple years ago and a CFL made in a couple years should have even less.LEDs don't.
Can't put gas in Mercury Mystique when it gets hot outside Vapor Lock?
If the gas tank is vapor locking when it is hot outside, on a Mercury Mystique, it is probably because too much air is getting into the tank when the vehicle is driven. Replace the gas cap and this problem should go away.
Why tube light glowing white colour?
Mercury is present inside the tube light.When we give supply to the tube light the mercury vapours excites and it produces uv radiation which then strikes the fluorescent material and produces light. Therefore it is called fluorescent light.
