Spectral changes during Hg lamp warm up

Mercury Lamp Spectral Changes at Start Up

3 Minute ReadThis is a quick post that examines the spectral line emission changes that occur when a Mercury-Argon (Hg-Ar) gas discharge lamp is switched on and warms up. I used the Time Acquisition mode of an Ocean Optics S2000 fibre-optic spectrometer to record the changes in intensity of 3 spectral lines after the lamp is switched […]

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