1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
notsponge [240]
3 years ago
8

Explain why a fluorescent light bulb is not as hot as an incandescent light bulb.

Chemistry
2 answers:
brilliants [131]3 years ago
7 0

When you flick on a light with a regular incandescent bulb, electricity is converted to heat in the tiny, tungsten wire inside. In a 75-watt bulb, the wire heats up to about 4600 degrees Fahrenheit! At such a high temperature, the energy radiating from the wire includes some visible light. Incandescent light bulbs aren’t the most efficient light source, though, because 90% of the electricity they use produces heat, while a measly 10% produces light.

Fluorescent bulbs are designed to produce light without so much heat. Forty percent of the electricity they use produces light, which might not sound so impressive unless you compare it with incandescents.

When you turn on a fluorescent light, electrons collide with mercury atoms inside the bulb, producing ultraviolet light. We can’t see ultraviolet light, so there’s a thin layer of phosphor powder inside the bulb to convert the ultraviolet to visible light. Fluorescent bulbs stay cooler because this process produces much less heat to begin with, and because their bigger size helps disperse heat more quickly.

What do these heated differences mean for energy efficiency? A regular incandescent light bulb uses about four times as much energy as a fluorescent bulb, to produce the same amount of light.
Elina [12.6K]3 years ago
7 0

Particles in plasmas collide more often, but that does not necessarily give them higher temperature.

Plasma particles have high kinetic energy (they move quickly).

Plasma particles are far apart.

The plasma in a fluorescent bulb has a low density.

You might be interested in
After sugar dissolves in water, the sugar is no
katrin [286]

Answer:

Because it devolved

Explanation:

3 0
3 years ago
Compounds X and Y are both C6H13Cl compounds formed in the radical chlorination of 3-methylpentane. Both X and Y undergo base-pr
zubka84 [21]

Answer:

Y is a 3-chloro-3-methylpentane.

The structure is shown in the figure attached.

Explanation:

The radical chlorination of 3-methylpentane can lead to a tertiary substituted carbon (Y) and to a secondary one (X).

The E2 elimination mechanism, as shown in the figure, will happen with a simulyaneous attack from the base and elimination of the chlorine. This means that primary and secondary substracts undergo the E2 mechanism faster than tertiary substracts.

6 0
3 years ago
The 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by Paul Crutzen, F. Sherwood Rowland, and Mario Molina for their work concerning th
horrorfan [7]

Answer:

The enthalpy of reaction for the reaction of chlorine with ozone is -162.5 kJ.

Explanation:

ClO ( g ) + O_3 ( g )\rightarrow Cl ( g ) + 2 O_2 ( g ),\Delta H^o_{1,rxn} =-122.8 kJ..[1]

2 O_3 ( g )\rightarrow 3O_2 ( g ),\Delta H^o_{2,rxn} = -285.3 kJ..[2]

O_3(g) + Cl(g)\rightarrow ClO (g)+O_2(g),\Delta H^o_{3,rxn}=?..[3]

The enthalpy of reaction for the reaction of chlorine with ozone can be calculated by using Hess's law:

[2] - [1] = [3]

\Delta H^o_{3,rxn}=\Delta H^o_{2,rxn}-\Delta H^o_{1,rxn}

=-285.3 kJ-(-122.8 kJ)=162.5 kJ

The enthalpy of reaction for the reaction of chlorine with ozone is -162.5 kJ.

8 0
3 years ago
Would nitrogen gas be a mineral if it has a chemical formula of n2?
STALIN [3.7K]

<u>Answer:</u>

Nitrogen gas be a mineral only, if it is in organic forms.

<u>Explanation:</u>

Most of the forms of organic nitrogen is not be taken by plants, with the exception in the form of small organic molecules. Also plants can promptly take the nitrogen  when it is in other forms like ammonia and nitrate.

The microorganisms  in the soil converts the organic forms of nitrogen to mineral form when they decompose organic matters and  also fresh plant residues. This type of process is called mineralisation.

6 0
3 years ago
How does 0.5 m sucrose (molecular mass 342) solution compare to 0.5 m glucose (molecular mass 180) solution?
mash [69]

Answer : Both solutions contain 3.011 X 10^{23} molecules.

Explanation : The number of molecules of 0.5 M of sucrose is equal to the number of molecules in 0.5 M of glucose. Both solutions contain 3.011 x 10^{23} molecules.

Avogadro's Number is  N_{A} =  6.022 X 10^{23} which represents particles per mole and particles may be typically molecules, atoms, ions, electrons, etc.

Here, only molarity values are given; where molarity is a measurement of concentration in terms of moles of the solute per liter of solvent.

Since each substance has the same concentration, 0.5 M, each will have the same number of molecules present per liter of solution.

Addition of molar mass for individual substance is not needed. As if both are considered in 1 Liter they would have same moles which is 0.5.

We can calculate the number of molecules for each;

Number of molecules  = N_{A} X M;

∴  Number of molecules =  6.022 X 10^{23} X 0.5 mol/L X 1 L which will be  = 3.011 X 10^{23}

Thus, these solutions compare to each other in that they have not only the same concentration, but they will have the same number of solvated sugar molecules. But the mass of glucose dissolved will be less than the mass of sucrose.

7 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Explain why pure hydrogen cyanide does not conduct electricity, but become a conductor when it is dissolved in water?
    15·1 answer
  • Which atom of water is associated with the cation? Which atom of water is associated with the cation? Oxygen atom, because the p
    11·1 answer
  • A can of chicken broth contains 340 mg of sodium chloride in 286.7 g of broth. What is the percent by mass of sodium chloride in
    15·2 answers
  • What chemical substance is formed when the oh and h is joined?
    8·1 answer
  • Select the correct answer. Who can witness a lunar eclipse? A. People in the specific area of Earth's surface covered by the Moo
    6·2 answers
  • What is transpiration?
    10·1 answer
  • The kilogram is the standard unit of
    15·1 answer
  • Mention the four characterstics of warm blooded animals.<br>​
    15·2 answers
  • I'll pay someone to do my chemistry work.
    15·2 answers
  • What do you call the things in an experiment that must be the same to make it fair​
    9·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!