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(11) EP 0 078 105 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.11.1983 Bulletin 1983/46

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.05.1983 Bulletin 1983/18

(21) Application number: 82304926

(22) Date of filing: 17.09.1982
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 28.10.1981 GB 8132443

(71) Applicant: THORN EMI plc
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(72) Inventors:
  • Denbigh, Paul Linley
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  • Jones, Bryan Frederick
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(54) Improvements in or relating to high pressure sodium lamps


(57) The invention provides an improved high pressure sodium lamp of nominally 70 watt rating operating at a lamp voltage V of substantially 70 - 130 volts in which for satisfactory life, efficacy and colour, for an arc tube of Internal diameter d in the range 3.0 to 5.0mm, the sodium mole fraction x, in the range 0.63 - 0.8, and arc length ℓ are determined by interpolation or extrapolation on the graph of Figure 3 or by the equation






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