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Using a plasma globe to illuminate a fluorescent lightbulb

21 May 2015

Electric fields that extend beyond the glass enclosure of the plasma globe are substantial enough to excite the mercury atoms in the fluorescent bulb. The mercury atoms emit ultraviolet light that are then absorbed by a phosphor coating inside bulb that in turn emit visible light.

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Using a plasma globe to illuminate a fluorescent lightbulb