Street lights commonly use sodium vapor discharge lamps that produce light through ionizing gas with electrodes when high voltage is applied, without a filament. Discharge lamps have a glass tube containing gas at low pressure with electrodes at each end, and work by ionizing the gas which causes electrons and ions to collide and produce light of different colors depending on the gas used, such as yellow light from sodium.
3. Discharge lamps
In most of the streets sodium
vapor lamps are used as street
lights.
These lights has no filament .
They are called discharge lamps.
4. PARTS AND WORKING OF DISCHARGE LAMP
PARTS
A glass tube having a suitable
gas at low Pressure
Electrodes are connected at the
ends of the glass tube
5. WORKING
WHEN A HIGH VOLTAGE IS APPLIED TO THE
ELECTRODES THE GAS GET IONIZED .
THESE IONS AND ELECTRONS ARE COLLIDE
WITH EACH OTHER & LIGHT IS PRODUCED.
THESE IONS AND ELECTRONS ARE COLLIDE
WITH OTHER MOLECULES LIGHT IS PRODUCED.
6. Sl no GAS IN THE DISCHARG
LAMP
COLOER OF THE LIGHT
1 NEON ORENGE RED
2 NITROGEN RED
3 MERCURY WHITE
4 CHLORINE GREEN
5 HYDROGEN BLUE
6 SODIUM YELLOW