quartz-iodine lamp
quartz–iodine lamp
nounDefinition of QUARTZ-IODINE LAMP
: a lightbulb consisting of a quartz bulb and a tungsten filament with the bulb containing iodine which reacts with the vaporized tungsten to prevent excessive blackening of the bulb
First Known Use of QUARTZ-IODINE LAMP
circa 1964
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