A strategy towards the next generation of low pressure discharge lamps: Lighting after mercury

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kitsinelis, S ^a   Zissis, G ^b   Fokitis, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Natl Sup d'Electrotechnique d'Electronique d'Informatique et d'Hydraulique de Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEDIUM; COMPLETE SOLUTIONS; LOGICAL APPROACHES; LOW PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP; PERIODIC TABLE; PLASMA REACTIONS; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; SELECTION RULES; THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS;

DISCHARGE LAMPS; LIGHTING; STOICHIOMETRY;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 67650077719     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/4/045209     Document Type: Article

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