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Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Light Sources, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Spiros Kitsinelis, Spyridon Kitsinelis
May 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
295 pages
8h 16m
English
CRC Press
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32 Incandescent Lamps
very good color rendering index, which have been designated as 100. The largest
percentage of radiation is in the infrared so around 90% of the electric energy is
lost in the form of heat. Regarding the 10% of visible emitted radiation, most of it
is in red, which gives the white color of the source a warm tone.
Incandescent lamps play a key role in indoor lighting, such as home lighting due
to the comfortable warm white light they emit, the variety of shapes they come
in, the good color rendering, and their simple operation. However, they are not an
economic solution since the efcacy is small (not exceeding 20 lm/W) a ...
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ISBN: 9781482243673