Ceramic discharge metal halide lamp
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Ceramic discharge metal halide lamps are a relatively new source of light that is a variation of the mercury-vapor lamp. There is a ceramic tube inside the lamp that heats a mercury-argon mixture creating a blueish light that is close to daylight with a CRI (color rendering index) of 96. They are five times brighter than comparable tungsten incandescent light bulbs.
Applications for these lamps include television and film making as well as digital photography and architectural lighting.
See also
| L i g h t i n g and L a m p s | ||
|---|---|---|
| Incandescent: | Incandescent light bulb>Conventional - Halogen - Parabolic Aluminized Reflector (PAR) |
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| Fluorescent: | Compact fluorescent lamp>Compact Fluorescent (CFL) - Linear fluorescent - Induction lamp | |
| Gas discharge: | High-intensity discharge lamp>High-Intensity Discharge (HID) - Mercury-vapor - Metal-halide - Neon - Sodium vapor | |
| Electric arc: | Arc lamp - Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide>HMI - Xenon arc - Yablochkov candle | |
| Combustion: | Carbide lamp>Acetylene/Carbide - Candle - Gas lighting - Kerosene lamp - Limelight - Oil lamp - Safety lamp | |
| Other types: | Sulfur lamp - Light-emitting diode>Light-Emitting Diode (LED) - Optical fiber - Plasma | |
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