Influence of Glass Tube Dielectrics on the New Generation of External Electrode Fluorescent Lamps

An EEFL with the sodium free alumino-silicate glass of high K and low $tan{\delta}$, has been investigated. As compared with borosilicate and the soda-lime EEFLs, the luminous efficiency as well as the pinhole stability of new EEFLs improves remarkably without blackening of $NaHg_2$.