fluorescent bulbs
Gas-discharge light tubes
Fluorescent bulbs are electric lights that produce illumination by passing current through gas-filled tubes, causing a phosphor coating to glow.
They use less energy than incandescent bulbs and last longer, though they contain small amounts of mercury.
The characteristic cool, slightly bluish light became ubiquitous in offices and schools: The fluorescent bulbs hummed overhead.
- tubesHollow cylindrical containers
- tube lightCylindrical electric lamp
- glowSteady, soft light
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
- humLow steady sound
flickering · office · office lighting · ceiling · harsh · harsh lighting · white · ballast · mercury · gas · starter · light fixture · fixture · drop ceiling · warehouse · big box store · cool · bright
- toxic wastehazardous waste, chemical waste, industrial waste, toxic sludge, nuclear waste
- luminescenceluminescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, chemiluminescence, photoluminescence
- mercury pollutionmercury poisoning, mercury exposure, mercury vapor, methylmercury, mercury contamination
fluorescent bulbsincandescent bulbs
Lights using heated wire
Edison bulbs · halogen bulbs · candles · oil lamps · gas lamps
fluorescent, fluorescence, fluoresce, fluorescing, fluorescently, fluoride, fluorine, fluorite, bulb