In dictionaries:
carbon arc lamp
Bright light using carbon electrodes.
mercury arc lamp
High-intensity discharge, vaporized mercury lamp.
Xenon arc lamp
High-intensity, broad-spectrum light source.
Deuterium arc lamp
A deuterium arc lamp (or simply deuterium lamp) is a low-pressure gas-discharge light source often used in spectroscopy when a continuous spectrum in the ultraviolet region is needed.
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