Auxiliary amalgam for a low pressure discharge lamp
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsOttokar GYULASI, Peter LUCZ, Peter Ivan POCZIK, Balazs Torok
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Abstract
A low-pressure discharge lamp includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a light-transmissive envelope, a fill-gas composition capable of sustaining a discharge sealed inside the light-transmissive envelope, and a phosphor composition at least partially disposed on an interior surface of said light-transmissive envelope forming at least one phosphor layer. The phosphor composition includes at least one phosphor, and at least one amalgam-forming material.
Claims20
A low-pressure discharge lamp, comprising:
- a light-transmissive envelope;
- a fill-gas composition capable of sustaining a discharge sealed inside said light-transmissive envelope;
- and
- a phosphor composition at least partially disposed on an interior surface of said light-transmissive envelope forming at least one phosphor layer;
- said phosphor composition comprising:
- at least one phosphor;
- and
- at least one amalgam-forming material.
A phosphor composition, comprising
- at least one phosphor;
- and
- at least one amalgam-forming material.
A method of making a low-pressure discharge lamp, the low-pressure discharge lamp comprising a light-transmissive envelope, said method comprising:
- blending at least one phosphor and at least one amalgam-forming material to form a phosphor composition;
- and
- disposing the phosphor composition on an inner surface of the light-transmissive envelope to form a phosphor layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.