Metal halide discharge lamp with electrodes having unequal thori

Details Metal halide discharge lamp with electrodes having unequal thori Metal halide discharge lamp with electrodes having unequal thori

1988-12-07

1990-08-21

DeMeo, Palmer C.

Electric lamp and discharge devices

With gas or vapor

Electrode composition

313631, H01J 6106

Patent

active

049509543

ABSTRACT:
A metal halide discharge lamp includes an arc tube having a chemical fill, and a pair of electrodes sealed in the arc tube. The electrodes are tungsten and have differing thoria contents. The electrodes with differing thoria contents provide faster starting times than electrodes with equal low thoria contents and eliminate the electrode meltback, voltage increase and lumen loss that is characteristic of electrodes with equal but higher thoria contents. Preferably, one electrode has a thoria content of about 1.5 to 2 weight percent, and the other electrode has a thoria content of about one weight percent or less.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4105908 (1978-08-01), Harding et al.
patent: 4396857 (1983-08-01), Danko
patent: 4633136 (1986-12-01), Fromm et al.
patent: 4847534 (1989-07-01), Der Kinderen

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