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  2. Light-emitting diode - Wikipedia

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    The other is to use a phosphor material to convert monochromatic light from a blue or UV LED to broad-spectrum white light, similar to a fluorescent lamp. The yellow phosphor is cerium-doped YAG crystals suspended in the package or coated on the LED. This YAG phosphor causes white LEDs to appear yellow when off, and the space between the ...

  3. Ultraviolet - Wikipedia

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    Shortwave UV lamps are made using a fluorescent lamp tube with no phosphor coating, composed of fused quartz or vycor, since ordinary glass absorbs UVC. These lamps emit ultraviolet light with two peaks in the UVC band at 253.7 nm and 185 nm due to the mercury within the lamp, as well as some visible light.

  4. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Nylon soon became popular as a fabric for hosiery as well as industrial applications such as cordage. [284] 1938 Operant conditioning chamber. Also known as a Skinner box, an operant conditioning chamber is a laboratory apparatus used in the experimental analysis of behavior to study animal behavior.