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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1994
Akio Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shoji Naoki, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Masaaki Tamatani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fumiyasu Yanagisawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kenji Terashima, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A luminescent material for a mercury discharge lamp comprises a phosphor material including phosphor particles for emitting a luminous flux upon excitation by ultraviolet radiation at 254 nm and a protective layer continuously formed on the phosphor particle with at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of MgO, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, La.sub.2 O.sub.3, Sm.sub.2 O.sub.3, Gd.sub.2 O.sub.3, Dy.sub.2 O.sub.3, Ho.sub.2 O.sub.3, Er.sub.2 O.sub.3, Yb.sub.2 O.sub.3, Lu.sub.2 O.sub.3, CaO, ZrO.sub.2, SrO, BaO, .alpha.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and BeO. A mercury discharge lamp has a luminescent layer coated with the luminescent material on the wall of the light transmissive bulb thereof.