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A xenon-iodine electric discharge bactericidal lamp

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We present the working characteristics of a continuous UV lamp emitting at λ=206 nm, pumped by a longitudinal glow discharge. The pressure of the working Xe-I2 gas-vapor mixture was within 0.1–10 kPa. The power deposited in the discharge was varied within 10–130 W. The current-voltage characteristics, the emission spectra in a 200–600 nm wavelength range, the line emission intensity as a function of the power deposited in the discharge plasma, and the partial pressure of xenon in the lamp were studied. It is established that the lamp operates in the range of 206–342 nm on a resonance line of iodine at 206 nm and on the bands at 253 nm [XeI(B-X)] and 342 nm [I2(B-X)]. Not less than half of the output UV emission power is concentrated in the bactericidal spectral interval (around λ=206 nm). The total UV emission power of the lamp reaches 6–7 W at an efficiency of ≤5%.

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  1. Uzhgorod State University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine

    A. K. Shuaibov, L. L. Shimon & I. A. Grabovaya

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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 29, No. 20, 2003, pp. 77–80.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Shuaibov, Shimon, Grabovaya.

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Shuaibov, A.K., Shimon, L.L. & Grabovaya, I.A. A xenon-iodine electric discharge bactericidal lamp. Tech. Phys. Lett. 29, 871–872 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1623874

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