Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.

Duane A Stafford

Timothy R Brumleve

Steven C Hansen

James F Sarver

Katsumi Fukutome

A solid mercury-releasing material and a method of dispensing precise amounts of mercury into the light emitting chamber of a discharge lamp without introducing the other dispenser components into the chamber are disclosed. The solid material includes an amalgam of one or more metals and mercury in the form of particles of high purity, uniform size and uniform composition.

Solid mercury releasing material and method of dosing mercury into discharge lamps

A fluorescent lamp containing zinc amalgam and a method of precisely controlling the amount of mercury introduced into a temperature controlled fluorescent lamp. Precise quantities of mercury may be introduced into a fluorescent lamp in the form of solid zinc amalgam pellets that are in a metastable, non-equilibrium state.

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Champaign, IL, United States of America

Duane A Stafford