What is a Triphosphor tube?

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What is a Triphosphor tube?

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answered Jan 16 by Quatser (1,420 points)
A triphosphor tube is a fluorescent light tube that uses a phosphor coating that is composed of 3 different color phosphors.

This allows the fluorescent light bulb to produce a more accurate and vibrant light color when compared to other traditional fluorescent tubes.

This often results in an improved color rendering and better light quality.

Essentially the triphosphor tube is a fluorescent tube that has a more complex phosphor mixture for better color rendition.

A fluorescent lamp tube is filled with a mix of xenon, argon, krypton, mercury vapor and neon.

The pressure in the fluorescent tube is around 0.3 percent atmospheric pressure.

Copper doped zinc sulfide (ZnS:Cu) is the most common phosphor used for fluorescent lights and yields blue-green light.

Copper and magnesium doped zinc sulfide (ZnS:Cu,Mg) yields yellow-orange light.

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