Amalgam balls having an alloy coating

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9659762
APP PUB NO 20160133453A1
SERIAL NO

15000752

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Energy-saving lamps contain a gas filling of mercury vapor and argon in a gas discharge bulb. Amalgam balls are used for filling the gas discharge bulb with mercury. Novel coated balls whose operating life in the case of automatic metered introduction is increased by coating of the balls with an alloy powder and conglutination of the amalgam balls during storage and processing is prevented are proposed.

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UMICORE AG & CO KGRODENBACHER CHAUSSEE 4 63457 HANAU-WOLFGANG 63457

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Hutin, Olivier Langenselbold, DE 2 3
Ringelstein, Hans Martin Frankfurt (Main), DE 4 4

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