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| | High pressure electric discharge lamp - Patent 4232243 |
 | | It is also well known to include various combinations of metal iodides in the fillings of lamps of the said type, in order to produce lamps having high luminous efficacy and desired colour appearance and colour rendering properties, one particularly advantageous combination of such compounds consisting of sodium iodide and scandium tri-iodide. |
 | | In each electrode, the coil 5 consists of three turns of 0.5 mm diameter tungsten wire, the internal diameter of the coil being 0.6 mm, and the inner extension 7 is 2 mm long; the horizontal length of the discharge path between the tips of the said extensions is 21 mm. |
 | | The discharge envelope filling consists of 21 mg of mercury, 20 mg of sodium iodide, 10 mg of scandium tri-iodide, 7 mg of sodium bromide, and argon at a room temperature pressure of 35 torr. |
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