Definition of quartz-iodine lamp
: a light bulb 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
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The first known use of quartz-iodine lamp was circa 1964
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