Gte Products Corporation

Osram Sylvania Inc.

Gte Laboratories Incorporated

Anthony F Kasenga

Charles F Chenot

Thomas E Peters

Joseph J Lenox

Chung N Chau

Leslie F Gray

A Gary Sigai

Roger B Hunt, Jr

Tuan A Dang

Cheryl M Forster

Scott D Jennato

Joseph E Ritsko

Harold L Rothwell, Jr

Albert K Fan

Jean M Evans

Jeffrey N Dann

Thomas L Henson

Douglas R Ginter

James J Colson, Jr

Scott A Renninger

Bella M Dorfman

John S Tulk

MacInnis, Martin B

Olney B Bullock, Jr

A neon gas discharge lamp is provided which produces an acceptable amber color emission for automotive applications. The red emission from the neon discharge when the lamp is operated in a pulsed mode is combined with a green emission from a substituted Y.sub.3 Al.sub.15 O.sub.12 :Ce phosphor coated on the interior surface of the lamp. The resulting amber emission meets both SAE and ECE amber color requirements. In particular, phosphor has the general formula:

Neon discharge lamp for generating amber light

A neon lamp providing white light is disclosed. The lamp is operated to stimulate the neon to emit both ultraviolet light, and visible red light. A phosphor coating responsive to the ultraviolet light produces a complementary green blue light that in combination with the neon red light yields a white light. The lamp is small, efficient, and not subject to the effects of cold that cause mercury based fluorescent lamps to operate poor in cold conditions typical of out of door operation.

Neon gas discharge lamp providing white light with improved phosphor

Neon gas discharge lamp providing white light with improved phospher

A process for producing a manganese activated zinc orthosilicate phosphor. An aqueous dispersion is prepared including fumed silica having an ultrafine average particle size of less than 50 nm, a zinc precursor, and a manganese precursor. The molar ratio of zinc:silicon in the dispersion is approximately 1.3:1 to 2.0:1, and the molar ratio of manganese in the dispersion is sufficient to activate the phosphor. The precipitate from the dispersion is calcined in an inert atmosphere at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form a manganese activated zinc silicate phosphor having a broad band emission peaking in the green region of the visible spectrum when stimulated by external radiation at approximately 254 nm. The calcined phosphor may be milled to achieve an average particle size of less than 5 .mu.m, the milling step being performed without significant loss of plaque brightness. Also disclosed is a green emitting manganese activated zinc silicate phosphor having an average particle size of less than 5 .mu.m and excellent brightness.

Method of preparing manganese activated zinc orthosilicate phosphor

A process for producing a manganese and lead activated calcium metasilicate phosphor having the nominal formula CaSiO.sub.3 :MN:Pb. The process involves preparing a uniform aqueous dispersion of fumed silica having an ultrafine average particle size of less than 50 nm, a calcium precursor, a manganese precursor, and a lead precursor. Preferably, the calcium, manganese, and lead precursors are added as powders to an aqueous dispersion of said ultrafine fumed silica. The ultrafine fumed silica aqueous dispersion is heated to a temperature of about 50.degree.-90.degree. C. and the powders are mechanically dispersed in the fumed silica aqueous dispersion to form the uniform aqueous dispersion. The molar ratio of calcium:silicon in the mixture is approximately stoichiometric to 1.3:1; and the molar ratios of manganese and lead in the dispersion are sufficient to activate the phosphor. The precipitate from the dispersion is calcined at a temperature of about 1050.degree.-1135.degree. C. for a time sufficient to form a manganese and lead activated calcium silicate phosphor having a peak emission in the red region of the visible spectrum when stimulated by external radiation at approximately 254 nm. The phosphor product has an average primary particle size of less than 5 .mu.m and a brightness at least equivalent to that of commercially available manganese and lead activated calcium silicate phosphors.

Method of preparing manganese and lead coactivated calcium silicate

Europium activated strontium tetraborate phosphor is reacted with strontium carbonate or strontium fluoride or ammonium fluoride in order to improve emission characteristics.

Method of treating europium activated strontium tetraborate phosphor

The initial power output and maintenance of a fluorescent lamp containing europium-activated barium magnesium silicate phosphor is significantly improved by combining the phosphor with a flux and subjecting the phosphor/flux mixture to a refiring and rewashing process before applying the phosphor to the interior of a fluorescent lamp envelope. Surface concentrations of europium and barium are significantly increased, while surface concentrations of magnesium and silicon are decreased.

Europium-activated barium magnesium silicate phosphor

Method of improving the maintenance of a fluorescent lamp containing

A method of making a lanthanum cerium terbium phosphate phosphor involves the single-step reaction of single-phase, mixed valence state lanthanum cerium terbium oxide with boron phosphate in the presence of a flux-forming compound containing lithium. The resulting phosphor is up to 5% brighter than the same phosphor prepared without the lithium-containing compound.

Method of making lanthanum cerium terbium phosphate phosphor with

A method of making a lanthanum cerium terbium phosphate phosphor involves the single-step reaction of a single-phase, mixed valence state lanthanum cerium terbium oxide and boron phosphate. Alternatively, the single-step reaction may involve a mixture of lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, terbium oxide and boron phosphate.

Method of making lanthanum cerium terbium phosphate phosphor

A method of making a lanthanum cerium terbium phosphate phosphor involves the coprecipitation of a rare earth nitrate solution with diammonium hydrogen phosphate to form a lanthanmum cerium terbium phosphate, combining the phosphate with a fluxing compound, and firing the resulting mixture to form the phosphor.

A process for producing cerium activated yttrium gallium aluminate phosphor comprises dry blending yttrium oxide, gallium oxide, cerium oxide, and unmilled aluminum hydroxide wherein the aluminum hydroxide is a small particle size aluminum hydroxide wherein the 50% size as measured by Coulter Counter 2 minute stir technique using about a 100 micrometer aperture is about 10.8.+-.5 micrometers in diameter and by Coulter Counter 5 minute sonic technique using about a 100 micrometer aperture is about 9.3.+-.3 micrometers in diameter to form a uniform mixture thereof, and firing the mixture in air at a temperature of about 1550.degree. C. to about 1625.degree. C. for about 4 hours to 8 hours to produce a once-fired phosphor wherein the brightness is at least about 24% higher than phosphors produced using milled aluminum hydroxide that is large in particle size than the small size aluminum hydroxide. By refiring the phosphor, the brightness is further increased by at least about 14% over the once-fired phosphor. When the firing temperature is about 1625.degree. C. to 1700.degree. C. the brightness of the once-fired phosphor is increased by at least about 34% over phosphors produced using larger particle size aluminum hydroxide. In the latter case, the refired phosphor is at least about 10% brighter than the once-fired phosphor.

Process for producing cerium activated yttrium gallium aluminate CRT

The powder weight of high powder weight SrB.sub.4 O.sub.7 :Eu phosphor is reduced by milling the phosphor, blending it with EuF.sub.3 and H.sub.3 BO.sub.3, firing the blend and then milling the blend in water containing Sr(OH).sub.2.8H.sub.2 O.

Method of reducing the powder weight of europium activated strontium

A method for producing manganese activated zinc silicate phosphor wherein the individual phosphor particles are surrounded with a non-particulate, conformal aluminum oxide coating is disclosed. The method comprises dry blending a mixture of components consisting essentially of zinc oxide, silicic acid, a source of manganese, ammonium chloride, ammonium fluoride, tungstic oxide, and silica, wherein the Zn+Mn/Si mole ratio is from about 1.95 to about 2.02, wherein the silica is colloidal and has a surface area of from about 50 to about 410 m.sup.2 per gram, and wherein the colloidal silica makes up from about 0.01% to about 1.0% by weight of the mixture; firing the resulting dry blend of components in a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature of from about 1200.degree. C. to about 1300.degree. C. for a sufficient time to produce the phosphor; milling the resulting phosphor for a period of time of from about 60 minutes to about 120 minutes; firing the resulting milled phosphor in air at a temperature of from about 1175.degree. C. to about 1275.degree. C. for a sufficient time to diffuse the tungsten and manganese to the surfaces of the phosphor particles; applying a non-particulate, conformal aluminum oxide coating to the outer surface of individual particles of the phosphor while the phosphor particles are suspended in a fluid bed having a midpoint temperature between 400.degree. and 480.degree. C., the aluminum oxide coating being formed by a chemical vapor deposition reaction involving oxidation of trimethyl aluminum; and annealing the aluminum oxide coated phosphor for a period of time from 4-16 hours at a temperature between 750.degree. and 800.degree. C.

Firing and milling method for producing a manganese activated zinc

A europium activated yttrium oxide phosphor is prepared as follows. Europium oxide is dissolved in nitric acid. Ammonium hydroxide is added to precipitate europium hydroxide, which is then dissolved in citric acid monohydrate to form europium citrate solution. Yttrium oxide powder is added to the solution to form a slurry, which is then spray dried. The spray dried powder is fired at a high temperature to form the phosphor.

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