curly light bulbs produce UV radiation?

[god_zeus]

curly light bulbs produce UV radiation?

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[Brubeck]

Good post. Very informative.

 

[ray_of_hope]

Interesting story. It is good to know about these things.

 

[GreatWorldCity]

curly light bulbs produce UV radiation?

A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor. The excited mercury atoms produce short-wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor to fluoresce, producing visible light.

The question is do you treat the mercury before you throw it away.

 

[songsongpunggol]

why all those people who claims they are god or antigod all fear to die one?

what is going on?

 

[watchman8]

A lot of uv ray is blocked off by glass, so for most people the uv ray exposure from fluorescent lamps is negligible. That's why you don't get sun tan sitting at dinner tables all night. A lot of us also use lamps that have another layer of decorative translucent glass shell over the bulb, so that provides more protection against stray uv rays.

I think those people interviewed in the show were sitting very close to a high power fluorescent light that does not have the additional decorative shell covering the bulb.

Anyway we are gradually shifting to led bulbs.

 

[Dreamer1]

Good post. Very informative.