Title: xenon lamp
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - xenon lamp
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.X06699
Status: current

Definition
An intense source of ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light produced by electrical discharge in xenon under high pressure.

Related Terms
- antimony–xenon lamp: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00399
- infrared: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/IT07399
- lamp: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/L03447
- mercury–xenon lamp: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/M03835
- ultraviolet: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/UT07492
- visible: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/VT07496

Source
- PAC, 1996, 68, 2223. 'Glossary of terms used in photochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2284 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122223)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/X06699/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/X06699/xml

Citation: Citation: 'xenon lamp' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.X06699
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