Electric current passed through a tube heats mercury vapor slightly to emit ultraviolet light {fluorescent light}|. Ultraviolet light hits tube phosphorescent coating, to give white light. Fluorescent light is more efficient and cooler than incandescent light. Fluorescent light has more light at different wavelengths.
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