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Message for Solid Waste Industry
BASIC INFORMATION Mercury is an essential ingredient for most energy-efficient lamps. Fluorescent ... two most common types of mercury-containing lamps. Fluorescent lamps provide lighting to most schools, hospitals, office buildings and stores. HID lamps include mercury vapor lamps, metal halide ...
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Message forEnvironmental Groups
Fluorescent bulbs provide lighting to most schools, hospitals, office buildings and stores. HID lamps include mercury vapor lamps, metal halide and high- ... www.lamprecycle.org and www.almr.org websites. We also encourage you to include mercury and lamp recycling when developing public policy initiatives at the federal and state level. Your ...
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Florida's Waste Management - Mercury-Containing Lamps & Devices
Mercury-Containing Devices (MCDs): MCDs include mercury-containing thermometers, thermostats, switches and relays, manometers, other devices that contain liquid mercury, and mercury ...
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Sourcebook: Lighting
These lamps are most suitable for outdoor/security lighting. Mercury vapor lamps are the least efficient HID lamp. Metal halide HID lamps are about 50% more efficient with better ... lamps outperform R lamps due to the way the light is reflected out of the lamp. Parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR) lamps are available with improved performance due to reflector redesigns. ...
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Ultraviolet (UV) Water Purifiers - What are they and how do they work
Mercury Vapor or Germicidal Lamps The low-pressure variety of mercury vapor lamp, which can be referred to as a germicidal lamp, provides the most cost- ... The low pressure mercury vapor lamp emits radiation that is predominately at 2537 Å. This is in the region of maximum germicidal effectiveness. The germicidal lamp works on the following ...
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Fluorescent Lights and Mercury
Without the mercury vapor to produce UV energy, there would be no light. A four-foot fluorescent lamp has an average rated life of at least ... of spent fluorescent tubes and mercury vapor lamps. Full Title: Fluorescent or HID Lamp Recyclers Full Work Author: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Abstract: This page lists lamp recyclers located all ...
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UV Wastewater Disinfection
The term medium pressure UV refers to the mercury vapor pressure inside the UV lamp when operating. UV energy from a medium pressure UV lamp is emitted over all wavelengths from 175 to 300 ... Ozonia's medium pressure mercury vapor UV lamp systems include: Higher energy density Stronger output below 300 nm Higher UVC (200-280 nm) efficiency - greater than 18 percent Variable lamp power available for ...
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Cleaning Up Small Mercury Spills
SULFUR OR ZINC ON THE SPILL SITE to bind any remaining mercury. This may be supplied in mercury spill kits as mercury vapor absorbent or purchased separately from garden supply stores or chemical supply ... crevices. CHECK CAREFULLY FOR MISSED MERCURY: To aid in detection, a high intensity lamp may be used to better illuminate the spill area. The presence of scattered mercury droplets may also be ...
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GLOSSARY
FLUORESCENT LAMP - A tubular electric lamp coated on its inner surface with a phosphor and contains mercury vapor whose bombardment by electrons from the cathode provides ultraviolet ...
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Mercury Policy Project
Tests conducted by the State of Maine (see FAQ and Clean-Up Instructions) confirm earlier states findings suggesting that under certain conditions mercury vapor released from a broken compact fluorescent lamp can pose a health risk. As a precaution, states ...
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