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Title: Low pressure arc discharge lamp apparatus with magnetic field generating means

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7008336

A low-pressure arc discharge apparatus having a magnetic field generating means for increasing the output of a discharge lamp is disclosed. The magnetic field generating means, which in one embodiment includes a plurality of permanent magnets, is disposed along the lamp for applying a constant transverse magnetic field over at least a portion of the positive discharge column produced in the arc discharge lamp operating at an ambient temperature greater than about 25 C. 3 figs.

DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Assignee:
GTE Products Corp., Danvers, MA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 4698547; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 6-830151
OSTI ID:
7008336
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 18 Feb 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English