Low Pressure Sodium Lamps (LPS)

Low Pressure Sodium Lamps (LPS)

High Pressure Sodium Lamp
Outer Bulb - made of UV absorbing high temperature glass

Eyelet - a small hole designed to receive a cord or used for decoration (as in embroidery)

Base - The base of the light bulb has three main functions.

 First, it securely supports the light bulb within an electrical source unit, like a lamp or a light fixture.
 The second job of the base is to transfer the electricity from the main electrical source to the inside of
the light bulb itself.
 The last function is to secure the globe and all of the components inside the bulb, creating a reliable
and convenient light source.
Stem - Within the inner center of the light bulb there is a centralized stem made from glass, which supports the
filament in its place.
Getter - When gas molecules strike the getter material, they combine with it chemically or by absorption. Thus the
getter removes small amounts of gas from the evacuated space.

Ceramic arc tube - Ceramic arc tubes allow higher arc tube temperatures, which manufacturers
claim results in better efficacy, color rendering, and color stability. Containing sodium
Frame
Tungsten electrode - An electrode made out of tungsten is an electrical conductor used to make contact with
a nonmetallic part of a circuit

Dome mount – a rounded shape

Arc tube seal -
Low Pressure Sodium Lamp
Frame Support and other components – suports the arc tube and provides electrical connections to components. Welds
are sesceptible to breakage due to excessive vibration or rough handling

Discharge Tube, also known as gas-filled tube, is an arrangement of electrodes in a gas within an insulating,
temperature-resistant envelope.
Cathodes - the negatively charged electrode by which electrons enter an electrical device.
Barium getter - When gas molecules strike the getter material, they combine with it chemically or by absorption.
Thus the getter removes small amounts of gas from the evacuated space.

Lower support
Upper support
Outer bulb- or outer glass envelopeis a vacuum to insulate the U-shaped discharge tube . it must stay above
300 C to work. Resist terminal shock. Also weather resistant glass impervious ti climatic conditions
Sodium
Heat Reflector - A radiator reflector is a thin sheet or foil applied to the wall behind, and closely spaced from, a
domestic heating radiator. The intention is to reduce heat losses into the wall by reflecting radiant heat away from the
wall
Sodium-resistant seal - Sodium resistant sealing glasses having borosilicate glass compositions in which glass stability is
improved by the incorporation of several percent sodium oxide with a select percentage of the alkali earth oxides of calcium oxide,
strontium oxide and barium oxide.

Stem - Within the inner center of the light bulb there is a centralized stem made from glass, which supports the
filament in its place.
Cap or base – - The base of the light bulb has three main functions.

 First, it securely supports the light bulb within an electrical source unit, like a lamp or a light fixture.
 The second job of the base is to transfer the electricity from the main electrical source to the inside of
the light bulb itself.
 The last function is to secure the globe and all of the components inside the bulb, creating a reliable
and convenient light source