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US 4,243,909 AGranted
Fluorescent lamp alkaline earth halophosphate phosphor with protective NaCs.sub.2 PrCl.sub.6 coating
AssigneeGTE Laboratories Incorporated
InventorsCharles Brecher, Daniel W. Oblas
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Abstract
Improved fluorescent lamps utilize phosphors which comprise a major amount of a particulate phosphor such as a cool white alkaline earth halophosphate coated with a minor amount of a protective coating consisting of NaCs.sub.2 PrCl.sub.6.
Claims1
A fluorescent lamp comprising:
- a tubular envelope;
- a phosphor layer on the interior surface of said envelope, said layer consisting essentially of finely-divided phosphor particles of a cool white alkaline earth halophosphate phosphor, each particle having a thin protective coating consisting of NaCs.sub.2 PrCl.sub.6 of about 10 Angstroms thickness;
- said protective coating being essentially opaque to ultraviolet radiation of wavelengths less than about 250 nanometers but excited thereby to emit visible radiation;
- mercury vapor within said envelope;
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- a pair of electrodes spaced apart within said tubular envelope and being adapted for connection, at those portions thereof extending outside of said envelope, to means for producing an electric discharge within said tubular envelope.
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