Dude! Did you not read your question??? You said Mercury Vapor! You don't fix it! It's Mercury vapor. You're "playing with fire there." You need to call your local municipality/township and find out where the nearest hazardous disposal facility is for this bulb and dispose of it properly. Then go to the store and buy a new bulb.
mercury vapor
Mercury Vapor
Between Metal Halide and Mercury Vapor the higher output is emitted from the Metal Halide lamp.
It is a low weight mercury-vapor gas-release light that uses fluorescence to deliver obvious light. An electric current in the gas energizes mercury vapor which creates short-wave bright light that then causes a phosphor covering within the globule to sparkle.
Ionized mercury vapor radiates in the near ultra-violet (a high energy source of radiation) which energizes the fluorescent coating inside the bulbs.
Blue Light
They change from a liquid to a vapor (gas).
The electrons in the mercury arc current in the tube causes the mercury vapor to emit ultraviolet light. The inside surface of the tube is coated with a phosphor that glows with visible light when hit by ultraviolet light.
I know that Black lights and mercury vapor lights (including CFLs) attract more moths than incandescent lamps, but I'm not sure if black lights are better than mercury vapor lights.
A 400 watt Mercury vapor light bulb produces roughly 23,000 lumens. In comparison to a 400 watt metal haloid and or high-pressure sodium, not as good. Metal haliod and high-pressure sodium produces 30,000 lumens.
Light in fluorescent bulbs occurs when electricity excites the mercury vapor inside the tubular glass bulb.
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