Ceramic discharge metal halide lamp

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Ceramic discharge metal halide lamps are a relatively new source of light that is a variation of the mercury-vapor lamp. There is a ceramic tube inside the lamp that heats a mercury-argon mixture creating a blueish light that is close to daylight with a CRI (color rendering index) of 96. They are five times brighter than comparable tungsten incandescent light bulbs.

Applications for these lamps include television and film making as well as digital photography and architectural lighting.

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Lighting and Lamps
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Incandescent: Conventional - Halogen - Parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR) Compact fluorescent lightbulb
Fluorescent: Compact fluorescent (CFL) - Linear fluorescent - Induction lamp
Gas discharge:  High-intensity discharge (HID) - Mercury-vapor - Metal-halide - Neon - Sodium vapor
Electric arc: Arc lamp - HMI - Xenon arc - Yablochkov candle
Combustion: Acetylene/Carbide - Candle - Gas lighting - Kerosene lamp - Limelight - Oil lamp - Safety lamp
Other types: Sulfur lamp - Light-emitting diode (LED) - Fiber optics - Plasma
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