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  • Oct 14, 2007, 06:41 PM
    segaea
    Tube light
    Can anybody explain e the basic working of tube light? Or can anybody give me the web sites to which I can refer to about the working of tube light?
  • Oct 14, 2007, 11:48 PM
    Capuchin
    Bsaically a current is passed through a gas, the electrons in the gas are excited into higher energy levels by the electricity. When the electrons relax back to the lower energy levels, they emit a photon in the ultra-violet range. On the inside of the tube is a fluorescent material which absorbs the UV light and converts some of the energy into heat and emits a lower energy light, in the visible.

    That's basically how it works.

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