Re: Metal halide or mercury vapor? « Reply #1 on: May 25, 2017, 09:22:24 AM » Author: dor123
The picture looks grainy, but it looks like the lantern is antique, so it have a color corrected mercury vapor lamp (The mercury vapor itself, produces a greenish light, and to correct it to white, the lamp is coated with a red emitting phosphor).
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	Re: Metal halide or mercury vapor? « Reply #4 on: May 26, 2017, 04:46:29 AM » Author: dor123
Mercury vapor, but with a red emitting phosphor coating to correct the greenish color of the mercury vapor itself to white light.
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