Energy-Saving or Incandescent Lamps
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Why fluorescent lamps are considered better than the incandescent lamps we are used to?
Incandescent lamps often burn out, while fluorescent ones last five times longer. The longer an incandescent lamp works, the lower the luminous flux, which means the lamp shines worse and worse day by day. Moreover, regular incandescent lamps consume about five times more.
Principle of operation of energy-saving lamps:
Compact Fluorescent Lamps work on the same principle as fluorescent lamps: a spiral-shaped tube or a system of arc tubes filled with mercury vapor and inert gas (argon, xenon), and its inner walls are coated with phosphor. Under high voltage, electrons move in the lamp. Ultraviolet radiation, formed when electrons collide with mercury atoms, passing through the phosphor, creates visible light to our eyes.