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    There are four main types of light sources: arc lamps, which produce light through electric discharge through air; incandescent lamps, which emit light when heated to high temperatures; gaseous discharge lamps, which produce visible radiation when electric current is passed through a gas or metal vapor; and fluorescent lamps, which convert ultraviolet light into visible light through phosphor materials. Light sources also include LED lamps, which use light-emitting diodes to produce light. Common lamps types include incandescent, fluorescent, mercury vapor, metal halide, sodium vapor, and LED lamps.

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    There are four main types of light sources: arc lamps, which produce light through electric discharge through air; incandescent lamps, which emit light when heated to high temperatures; gaseous discharge lamps, which produce visible radiation when electric current is passed through a gas or metal vapor; and fluorescent lamps, which convert ultraviolet light into visible light through phosphor materials. Light sources also include LED lamps, which use light-emitting diodes to produce light. Common lamps types include incandescent, fluorescent, mercury vapor, metal halide, sodium vapor, and LED lamps.

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    There are four main types of light sources: arc lamps, which produce light through electric discharge through air; incandescent lamps, which emit light when heated to high temperatures; gaseous discharge lamps, which produce visible radiation when electric current is passed through a gas or metal vapor; and fluorescent lamps, which convert ultraviolet light into visible light through phosphor materials. Light sources also include LED lamps, which use light-emitting diodes to produce light. Common lamps types include incandescent, fluorescent, mercury vapor, metal halide, sodium vapor, and LED lamps.

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    There are four main types of light sources: arc lamps, which produce light through electric discharge through air; incandescent lamps, which emit light when heated to high temperatures; gaseous discharge lamps, which produce visible radiation when electric current is passed through a gas or metal vapor; and fluorescent lamps, which convert ultraviolet light into visible light through phosphor materials. Light sources also include LED lamps, which use light-emitting diodes to produce light. Common lamps types include incandescent, fluorescent, mercury vapor, metal halide, sodium vapor, and LED lamps.

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     Source of light:- According to the principle of operation of light source maybe grouped as

    follows:
    1. Arc lamps: - Electric discharge through air gives intense light. This principle is utilized in arc
    lamps.
    2. High temperature: - Oil and gas lamps and incandescent filament type lamps, which emit
    light when
    heated to high temperature.
    3. Gaseous discharge lamps: - Under certain conditions it is possible to pass electric current
    through a gas
    or metal vapour, which is accompanied by visible radiation. Sodium and mercury vapour lamps
    operate on
    this principle.
    4. Fluorescent type lamps:- Certain materials, when exposed to ultra violet rays, the absorbed
    energy into
    the radiation of longer wave length lying within the visible range. This principle is employed in
    fluorescent
    lamps.

    Usually in a broad sense, based upon the way of producing the light by electricity, the sources of
    light are classified into following four types.

    Electric arc lamps


    The ionization of air present between the two electrodes produces an arc and provides intense
    light.

    Incandescent lamps
    When the filaments of these lamps are heated to high temperature, they emit light that falls in the
    visible region of wavelength. Tungsten-filament lamps are operating on this principle.

    Gaseous discharge lamps


    When an electric current is made to pass through a gas or metal vapor, it produces visible
    radiation by discharge takes place in the gas vapor. Sodium and mercury vapor lamps operate on
    this principle.

    Fluorescent lamps
    Certain materials like phosphor powders exposed to ultraviolet rays emits the absorbed energy
    into visible radiations fall in the visible range of wavelength. This principle is employed in
    fluorescent lamps.

    LED Lamps: Use light emitting diodes.

    Type of Lamps
     Incandescent Lamps, icandescent
     Tungsten Halogen Lamps, incandescent
     Fluorescent Lamps
     Compact Fluorescent Lamps
     Mercury Vapour Lamps (HID lamp) gas discharge
     Metal Halide Lamps, HID, arc lamp
     High Pressure Sodium Vapour Lamps, HID, gas discharge
     Low Pressure Sodium Vapour Lamps, HID, gas discharge
     LED Lamps

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