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What is FLUORESCENT LAMP?
A glass tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent substance that gives off light when a stream of electrons from the cathode excites mercury vapor in the tube.
references for this page: FLUORESCENT LAMP, FLUORESCENT BULB, FLUORESCENT TUBE
references to this page: CATHODE GUARD, COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP, ELECTRONIC BALLAST, END BLACKENING, NOMINAL LENGTH, RAPID START, TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC LEACHING PROCEDURE