RE: Powerful UV point source

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From: Robert W. Schramm (schrammrus@hotmail.com)
Date: 07/16/02-07:24:42 PM Z

Sandy,

   Make it a really big stick because all flourescent lamps are low pressure
mercury arcs. ;-)

Bob Schramm

>From: Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: RE: Powerful UV point source
>Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:39:49 -0400
>
>Ed Stander wrote:
>
>>Sandy:
>> You missed one very important point. BL (and all fluorescent) bulbs
>>are
>>really low temperature mercury containment systems. One 5000 watt metal
>>halide bulb contains an equivalent amount of mercury as a single
>>fluorescent tube (accd. to the olec people). SInce 5000 watts of BL tubes
>>would require a bank of at least 50 tubes, the environmental consequences
>>of using BL bulbs is at least 50 times as great. Tsk, Tsk on all you BL
>>people. Ed.
>
>
>
>My word. This news juste makes me want to take a stick to all those
>nasty BL units.
>
>Sandy K.
>
>
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