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Conceptual Physics | 12th Edition | ISBN: 9780321909107 | Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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Which puts out the greater percentage of its energy as light: an incandescent lamp or a mercury-vapor lamp?

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Which puts out the greater percentage of its energy as light: an incandescent lamp or a mercury-vapor lamp?

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Incandescent lamps :

Incandescent lamps are the types of lamp work on the principle of incandescence, which produces light by heat. When the electric current is passed through the thin metal filament, the filament is heated, glows, and produces light.

mercury vapor lamp :

A lamp that consists of vaporized mercury to generate light by using an electric arc is known as a mercury vapor lamp.

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