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Within Vinony's link graph, neon lamp is referenced by 461 other articles, and connects out to light-emitting diode, incandescent light bulb and vacuum tube.
It sits within the topics French inventions, Neon lighting and Products introduced in 1902.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- gas-discharge lamp
- Image
- AC powered NE-2 type neon lamp close-up.jpg
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- Commons category
- Neon lamps
- discoverer or inventor
- Georges Claude
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Encyclopedic overview
NE-2 type neon lamp powered by alternating current (AC) Neon lamp schematic symbol A neon lamp (also neon glow lamp) is a miniature gas-discharge lamp. The lamp typically consists of a small glass capsule that contains a mixture of neon and other gases at a low pressure and two electrodes (an anode and a cathode). When sufficient voltage is applied and sufficient current is supplied between the electrodes, the lamp produces an orange glow discharge. The glowing portion in the lamp is a thin region near the cathode; the larger and much longer neon signs are also glow discharges, but they use the positive column which is not present in the ordinary neon lamp. Neon glow lamps were widely used as indicator lamps in the displays of electronic instruments and appliances. They are still sometimes used for their electrical simplicity in high-voltage circuits.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “neon lamp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.