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Does an incandescent bulb produce more heat than a fluorescent bulb?
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Yes, because incandescent bulbs uses a resistive element which glows up to give out light. The force which opposes the flow of current through the filament wire causes more heat to be produced by the bulb.
In the fluorescent bulb, noble gases are used and because these do not react to any force, less heat is produced. Though some amount of heat is produced by the end electrodes of the bulb.
ANSWER: An incandescent bulb uses electricity to light the filament. Heat is the result. In a fluorescent light, argon and Mercury are excited by an electrical charge and the result is light. The light is the same as a black light and if the bulb was not coated with phosphorus, white light would not be visible.
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What kind of light bulb gives off the most heat?
Incandescent bulbs produce the most heat for a given amount of light; fluorescent lights produce much less heat, and LED produces the least.
Do incandescent and fluorescent bulbs produce the same amount of heat?
No, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs do not produce the same amount of heat.
Do CF light bulbs produce as much heat as incandescent bulbs?
No, compact fluorescent bulbs run much cooler that an incandescent bulb. A CF bulb can be unscrewed when the lamp is on whereas an incandescent will give you a bad burn if this is tried.
How does an 25w compact fluorescent bulb provides the same amount of light as a 100w filament bulb but use less electricity?
It uses modern technology to give better efficiency. A filament bulb has an incandescent (hot) piece of tungsten wire, which produces light but also heat. A fluorescent bulb uses a different process to produce more light and less heat.
Which bulb lasts longer an incandescent light bulb or a compact fluorescent light bulb?
A regular incandescent bulb uses a lot more energy than a compact fluorescent to produce the same amount of light. Most energy used by an incandescent bulb is wasted as heat which does not give off visible light. Incandescent bulbs are cheaper to buy, but they have shorter lifetimes than other alternatives.
What kind of light bulb gives off the most heat?
Incandescent bulbs produce the most heat for a given amount of light; fluorescent lights produce much less heat, and LED produces the least.
Do incandescent and fluorescent bulbs produce the same amount of heat?
No, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs do not produce the same amount of heat.
Do CF light bulbs produce as much heat as incandescent bulbs?
No, compact fluorescent bulbs run much cooler that an incandescent bulb. A CF bulb can be unscrewed when the lamp is on whereas an incandescent will give you a bad burn if this is tried.
Why does an incandescent bulb of similar energy 60 watts versus 15 watts make water evaporate more quickly than a compact fluorescent lightbulb?
An incandescent bulb gives off more heat than a fluorescent bulb.
Do fluorescent lights produce heat?
Yes. They're cool compared to incandescent bulbs of the same light output, but they do produce some heat.
How does an 25w compact fluorescent bulb provides the same amount of light as a 100w filament bulb but use less electricity?
It uses modern technology to give better efficiency. A filament bulb has an incandescent (hot) piece of tungsten wire, which produces light but also heat. A fluorescent bulb uses a different process to produce more light and less heat.
Which bulb lasts longer an incandescent light bulb or a compact fluorescent light bulb?
A regular incandescent bulb uses a lot more energy than a compact fluorescent to produce the same amount of light. Most energy used by an incandescent bulb is wasted as heat which does not give off visible light. Incandescent bulbs are cheaper to buy, but they have shorter lifetimes than other alternatives.
When electric current flows through a light bulb electric energy is formed to what?
It is converted into heat and light. Different types of bulb produce more light than others for the same power. Incandescent bulbs are the worst, fluorescent the best.
Is fluorescent light produced by heat?
Not in the way that an incandescent bulb does. A fluorescent lamp uses electricity to excite the particles of mercury vapor in the tube. This excited gas causes a phosphor to glow.
Why does replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs conserve electricity?
Because instead of using a 40, 60, 75 or 100 watt bulb, you can get the same amount of light with using less electricity to run a fluorescent bulb. For example, if you are looking for the equivalent light output of a standard 100w incandescent, look for a 25w cfl (compact fluorescent light)Another basic way to understand this is that incandescent bulbs produce a lot of heat along with the light they emit. They produce much more heat than the compact fluorescent bulbs. The heat from incandescent bulbs doesn't just come from thin air; it is a product of the electricity that is consumed by the bulb. This heat is called 'entropy' because it is wasted energy; it represents expended energy that can never be recaptured to do other things. The compact bulbs produce less entropy or wasted heat, and are therefore more efficient and environment friendly. If you are imagining that the heat from incandescent bulbs could very well be 'captured' and used for other things, realize that the 'capturing' process must itself involve the expenditure of energy, and at every step there is a huge loss of efficiency. Heat can be collected, but never without a cost; that cost is entropy.
As well as light what else does a light bulb produce?
It kinda depends on what kind of bulb incandescent lights use filaments and emit heat, for example
What is the part of the light bulb that glows?
In an incandescent lamp, it is called a filament. It is usually made out of Tungsten. The resistance in the filament causes it to heat up, and then glow. In a neon lamp it is plasma, which is an ionized gas. In a fluorescent bulb mercury vapor is ionized to produce UV radiation, that hits the phosphor coating on the outside of the bulb and that glows.
