U.S. Philips Corporation

Maarten W Steinmann

Johannes J Willems

Wilhelmus A Martens

Petronella C M Baken

The electric lamp comprises a lamp vessel (,) and an electric element (,). The electric element is electrically connected to the exterior via a current feed-through comprising an external current conductor (,). By covering the external current conductor with a protective coating (,) contains chromium which can react with SiO,to form low-melting phases, the lifetime of the lamp is increased significantly.

Electric lamp having a coated external current conductor

The electric lamp has a getter capable of binding hydrogen, oxygen and stoichiometrically water at a comparatively low temperature. The getter comprises Pd as a first metal, chemically bound to a second metal from the group Zr and Y, the mol. % of the first metal in the getter lying between 0.4 and 15. The getter further comprises chemically bound oxygen, mole 0/mole second metal being 0.02-1.0. The particle size is .ltoreq.40 .mu.m.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Maarten W Steinmann