US3089054A - Atomic spectral lamps - Google Patents

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US3089054A
US3089054A US62914A US6291460A US3089054A US 3089054 A US3089054 A US 3089054A US 62914 A US62914 A US 62914A US 6291460 A US6291460 A US 6291460A US 3089054 A US3089054 A US 3089054A
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Jones William George
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/02—Details
    • H01J61/04—Electrodes; Screens; Shields
    • H01J61/06—Main electrodes
    • H01J61/09—Hollow cathodes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01J—MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY
    • G01J3/00—Spectrometry; Spectrophotometry; Monochromators; Measuring colours
    • G01J3/02—Details
    • G01J3/10—Arrangements of light sources specially adapted for spectrometry or colorimetry
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J61/00—Gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps
    • H01J61/70—Lamps with low-pressure unconstricted discharge having a cold pressure < 400 Torr

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y 7, A' WALSH ETAL 3,089,054
AToMc SPECTRAL LAMPS Fied oct. 17l 1960

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1. A DISCHARGE TUBE, SAID ATOMIC SPECTRAL LIGHT SOURCE BEING CONFINED WHOLLY TO THE HOLLOW INTERIOR OF THE RESPECTIVE ELECTRODE, COMPRISING A SEALED ENVELOPE, AT LEAST TWO HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODES MOUNTED SIDE BY SIDE AT ONE END OF THE ENVELOPE WITH THEIR AXES PARALLEL, AND A TRANSPARENT WINDOW AT THE OTHER END OF THE ENVELOPE IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE AXES OF THE SAID ELECTRODE, EACH OF THE ELECTRODES INCLUDING A DIFFERENT ELEMENT AND BEING CAPABLE OF PROVIDING AN ATOMIC SPECTRAL LIGHT SOURCE CHARACTERISTIC OF THAT ELEMENT FOR PORVIDING A SPECTRAL LINE OF AT LEAST TWO SOLID ELEMENTS, WHEREBY LIGHT FROM ANY ONE OF THE ELECTRODES CAN BE VIEWED THROUGH THE WINDOW WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION BY ANY OTHER OF THE ELECTRODES.
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US3476970A (en) * 1966-09-12 1969-11-04 Westinghouse Electric Corp Hollow cathode electron discharge device for generating spectral radiation
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US3898501A (en) * 1973-05-11 1975-08-05 Hitachi Ltd Light source lamp for atomic light absorption analysis
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US2607901A (en) * 1946-12-31 1952-08-19 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Electronic discharge device

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3233136A (en) * 1961-04-08 1966-02-01 Hitachi Ltd Hollow-cathode discharge tube for generating atomic resonance lines
US3183393A (en) * 1962-04-20 1965-05-11 Westinghouse Electric Corp Discharge device
US3286119A (en) * 1963-05-08 1966-11-15 Hitachi Ltd Hollow cathode discharge tubes
US3374382A (en) * 1964-11-19 1968-03-19 M O Valve Co Ltd Cathode for use in gas-filled electric discharge devices comprising cadmium, zinc, tin and alloys thereof
US3422301A (en) * 1966-06-24 1969-01-14 Perkin Elmer Corp Liquid hollow cathode lamp
US3476970A (en) * 1966-09-12 1969-11-04 Westinghouse Electric Corp Hollow cathode electron discharge device for generating spectral radiation
US3482138A (en) * 1967-05-16 1969-12-02 Perkin Elmer Corp Germanium hollow cathode assembly for lamps
US3869643A (en) * 1973-01-12 1975-03-04 Hitachi Ltd Apparatus for emitting atomic flourescence spectral lines used for atomic absorption analysis
US3898501A (en) * 1973-05-11 1975-08-05 Hitachi Ltd Light source lamp for atomic light absorption analysis
US4097781A (en) * 1974-11-27 1978-06-27 Hitachi, Ltd. Atomic spectrum light source device
US4341976A (en) * 1980-03-05 1982-07-27 Alpha-Omega Development, Inc. Display system
US4376256A (en) * 1980-03-05 1983-03-08 Alpha-Omega Development, Inc. Segment display system

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