Halogen incandescent lamp with internal current conductors of tungsten-rhenium alloy
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorLeo F. M. Ooms
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Abstract
In halogen incandescent lamps having a filament 5 substantially of tungsten and a filling comprising bromine and an inert gas, a specific attack of internal current conductors 6 consisting substantially of tungsten occurs within the temperature range from 600.degree. to 1300.degree. C., which results in the formation of pits or craters in these internal current conductors 6. In order to obviate such attack of internal current conductors 6, the internal current conductors 6 consist at least at their surface of a tungsten containing at least 0.1% by weight of rhenium.
Claims4
A halogen incandescent lamp having a vacuum-tight sealed glass lamp envelope which has a filling comprising bromine and an inert gas, and in which lamp a filament substantially of tungsten is connected to internal current conductors consisting substantially of tungsten and which extend inwardly from the wall of the lamp envelope, the internal current conductors consisting at least at their surface of tungsten containing at least 0.1% by weight of rhenium.
A halogen incandescent lamp having a vacuum-tight sealed glass lamp envelope which has a filling comprising bromine and an inert gas, and in which lamp a filament substantially of tungsten is connected to internal current conductors consisting substantially of tungsten and which extend inwardly from the wall of the lamp envelope, the internal current conductors consisting at least at their surface of a tungsten alloy having a rhenium content of approximately 0.1% by weight.
A halogen incandescent lamp having a vacuum-tight sealed glass lamp envelope which has a filling comprising bromine and an inert gas, and in which lamp a filament substantially of tungsten is connected to internal current conductors consisting substantially of tungsten and which extend inwardly from the wall of the lamp envelope, the internal current conductors consisting at least at their surface of a tungsten alloy having a rhenium content of approximately 1.0% by weight.
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