What determines the glow color of a gas discharge tube? Give examples.
August 25, 2020 | Education
| Glow discharge is used in fluorescent lamps, tubes for advertising signs. In this case, the color of the glow depends on the nature of the gas.
For example, an orange-red glow occurs when a gas discharge tube is filled with neon, and a bluish-greenish glow occurs when the tube is filled with argon.
