high-pressure mercury lamp

synonyms: high-pressure mercury arc, hot quartz lamp
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.H02825
Radiation source containing mercury at a pressure of ca. \(8\ \rm{MPa}\) (ca. \(80\ \rm{bar}\)) or higher which emits lines over a background continuum between about \(200\) and \(1400\ \rm{nm}\).
See: lamp
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. (Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2246 [Terms] [Paper]