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High pressure mercury lamps possess the property which applies to all gas discharge lamps, viz. the non-linear relation between the current through the lamp and the voltage across the lamp. Over a wide range, the lamp voltage V l is almost independent of the lamp current I l ; with increasing current the voltage decreases slightly for low loaded lamps and increases slightly for high loaded lamps (see Fig. 1.14).
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Hehenkamp, T. (1965). Stabilization. In: Elenbaas, W. (eds) High Pressure Mercury Vapour Lamps and Their Applications. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81628-6_4
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