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The Light Bulb

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  • What is an electrode?
    It is a conductor through which electricity leaves
  • What is Mercury?
    It is a liquid Metal found in Thermometers
  • What different colors does it emit when you turn on the bulb?
    First red, then orange, then yellow, last white
  • So, how do we make sure that tungstan doesn't react with air?
    Fill the bulb with a non reactive gas called Argon
  • What is the Normal round Glass bulb called?
    Incandescent Bulb
  • What do electrodes do?
    They let out a lot of electrons into the tube
  • What is the thin coiled wire inside the bulb made of?
    Tungstan
  • To what temperature does the bulb normally rise to?
    2000 degrees centigrade
  • Can we see Infrared light? Give reason
    We cannot see that part of the EMS in which it lies
  • What converts the UV light to visible light?
    The fluorescent phosphur coating inside the tube/bulb
  • What do the electrons do to the mercury vapour?
    It excites the mercury vapour transferring a lot of energy into the mercury atoms
  • Why isint the Incandescent bulb used a lot today?
    Because 90% of the light it emits is lost in Infrared light
  • What form of energy/light is released from the mercury vapour?
    UV light
  • Will Tungstan normally react with air ? What does it become?
    Yes, it react with air to form Tungstan Oxide
  • So, how do we finally see objects through a CFL bulb?
    The UV light emited by the mercury vapour, is transferred to the fluorescent surface to produce light
  • What kind of a gas is Argon?
    It is an Inert/ Noble Gas. It is Non-reactive
  • What is a CFL bulb made of?
    A pair of electrodes, and a tube made of an unreactive gas, a bit of mercury vapour & a phosphur coating inside